Personally, when I first came to EM I found the 65+ mods and 100+ tips lists incredibly daunting. Clearly I have stayed the course but there are plenty who may be being scared off by it. Perhaps it should be a little more compartmentalised, such as a page on aero mods, one on hybrid mods etc. etc.. Whilst one man may think, "wow! look at how much I can do to save fuel," another may think, "yikes! look at how much I have to do to save fuel".
I think that an Ecomodder 101 could be a good idea, putting all of the most basic hypemiling tips and eco-mods on one page in an easy-to-read sort of way. Perhaps some basic How-Tos wouldn't go a-miss either. Something like "My grille block gave me x.xx MPG, took 30 minutes to make and only cost me $x.xx. I'll show you how in 5 easy steps!" I don't know, that might be going over-board with the cheese and the shiny teeth, but ultimately we need to show people that eco-modding and hypermiling are easy and cheap.
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