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Old 09-08-2009, 01:14 AM   #192 (permalink)
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roflwaffle wrote:
> 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.

Not to mention they come pre-modded. Hybrids are sold on their efficiency where other cars (older ones in particular) are sold on their looks. A prius is already shaped like a gourd, there's not much to fix there aero-wise. Conventional cars built before the latest energy crisis have a lot of low hanging fruit for ecomodders to pluck.
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