Thread: My Death Trap
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Old 11-16-2010, 09:48 PM   #50 (permalink)
autoteach
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Bus - '94 Ford School Bus huge

Stupid - '01 Chevy Blazer LS
90 day: 21.38 mpg (US)

hawk - '00 Honda Superhawk
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I do think the solution is simple, take a new car that could be quite a bit more efficient then the tempo, strip out all the insulation and replace seats with 35 lb race seats. Strip out all insulation and covers under the hood. Pull out any other unnecessary devices or supplies. It will demo the tempo on mpg (think cruze, which is already pounding it), it will be almost as light, and surely as loud going down the road. Just an idea, then you can say screw the nanny society, I drive a vehicle that is as undesirable to drive as a mid nineties (fill in the blank) but gets considerably better FE.
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