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another lurker registered today.
my names nelson, im currently living in birmingham alabama and drive a 93 tercel 2 door. i recognize daox and malibuguy from the tercel forums. i hope they check this, because i wanted to ask them if they have done and testing on whether or not the windshield wipers on a tercel are a huge detriment or not. would they be better off with a blocker in front of them? maybe raise the rear of the hood a little? or are they ok just the way they are?
i do have slightly different goals than just pure fuel economy with this car.
1.needs to be able to carry 3 people. (me/wife/child)
2.needs to be fun to drive (thats mostly for me, birmingham and the surrounding area has some nice curvy mountain roads, and sometimes i like to go for a drive just for the sake of driving)
3. good (not astronomically high) mpg
as it stands, with the few modifications i could afford/perform myself im hovering around 45 mpg on the highway with a fourspeed manual (5 speed is in the near future)
as for city i wont even have a rough estimate untill i can get an mpguino as i dont do a whole lot of city driving.
can those be bought pre assembled?
anyway, if there are any fellow ecomodders nearby, you should give me a shout.
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