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Old 12-26-2010, 11:47 AM   #31 (permalink)
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True economy would be not constantly sending older vehicles to the scrapper when they can be refurbished to like new condition for a fraction of the cost and much less need to remelt all the metal and burn the plastics.

You'd be suprised how many used parts I've gotten off cars that were junked that were in perfectly sound condition and generally outlasted the car.

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I think you missed the point I was trying to make, which is that it's not rational to do either speed or fuel economy mods for economic reasons. You do it as a form of recreation, for the fun and for the challenge.
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