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Originally Posted by bwilson4web
Now I can appreciate the effort it takes to rework an ordinary car into something that gets better mileage. But folks also have the option of buying a used hybrid and building on that base ... kinda like what I'm doing with mine. It is not rocket science, just different.
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To be fair, for a DIY'er, it's cheaper to mod an older car to get better mileage than it is to mod a hybrid. They're just too new. If we fast forward ten years, then I think the cost of a hybrid may be comparable, maybe better, but as of now even the wrecked ones go for too much IMO. Someone (would wasn't pimping products from all sorts of different companies and was budget minded) could likely build a high mpg older compact that could do 0-60mph in whatever time w/ a lot less cash than it would cost to do the same thing w/ a hybrid, more or less because hybrids are newer and because of that cost more.