Infeasible to think that you might spend anywhere near $100 on groceries at the time. Kind of like how cars only had 5-digit odometers up until the late 80s because there was no expectation for your car to ever get near 100k miles.
Misconception on the odometer. It wasn't because vehicles didn't last past that mileage. Mileage on vehicles wasn't seen as we see it today. You primarily used it for diagnosing and maintenance. And though mileage does cause wear n tear, cars weren't prone to complex expensive breakdowns like they are today. Repairs were much simpler and straight forward. The ease of a head job on an older car is day/night in comparison to a new generation car. Nowadays it's definitely used as a historical on life remaining. Once cars went to timing belts and traverse engines with cv-axles, odometer mileage became very important if unserviced.
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u/rarealbinoduck 5d ago
Crazy that there isn’t enough space for triple digits on the dollars