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If buy a new ICE car with no mods Toyta Iaris or Civic with no modifications for $15K basic trim, you save right there $5K by not buying the hybrid for over $20K. Most people think why more hasle when you can do simple. On the other hand if you buy like me used car and may be fix it up, why spend more money to improve any thing. Just to make it clear bought Accord 88LX-i of ebay.com for $380 and Yes it needed a lot of work. Total cost stands at $1014 including trasportation, tax, parts etc. At this point the car delivers 30mpg. Ok, not bad, but i want more. Try to do anything to improve the MPG you just simply invest more $$$ into it. Now if you plan to go around the world, yep do all the mods, you will need them. Let say i want pulsens hybrid mod. The guy sells the mod for $3500 + bat $400 + onbord charger $??? and now the car stands at $6000/7000. New Kia Rio goes for $10k + is new + gets better milege. I admire and really agree with all you people who do this little things just to squize any extra MPG, but really does it work or is it the inner satisfaction that we have achived something?
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