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Old 05-29-2009, 01:50 AM   #17 (permalink)
Clev
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Originally Posted by RH77 View Post
To be honest, that was back in my old-school, manual gearbox, straight-up gasser days. A big concern is a loss of community from Eco-Modding. Hybrids tend to subtract a lot of that wrench-turning, visceral, brainstorming modification that comes easily with simple gassers. But what about that Fit and the electronic throttle, etc, etc? Perhaps the same, I'm afraid...
I had a lot of the same reactions to the Prius. Really, mild acceleration is dropping this thing to 17 mpg? Really? But once you learn how it runs, you suddenly find 54 mpg easy.

You do have a couple of ecomods possible, including the EV Button and eventually maybe a Calcars or similar kit.
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