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brucepick · 01-11-2012, 10:59 PM

I haven't been a big fan of reducing the weight of my Civic. Maybe I should, but I still want to have a passenger seat, real safety glass windows, etc. etc. I'm too thrifty (aka CHEAP) to get carbon fiber hood and other parts. And I like to carry my tools in the car. Otherwise my son has been known to borrow them...

That said, manufacturers are in a good position to reduce the weight of vehicles in the design stage, and they've been doing this for many years. They've also been complying with gradually increasing safety standards, so IMHO most cars have gradually gotten heavier. But if they can reduce weight and get improved crumple zones, I'm all for it.

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brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	I haven't been a big fan of reducing the weight of my Civic. Maybe I should, but I still want to have a passenger seat, real safety glass windows, etc. etc. I'm too thrifty (aka CHEAP) to get carbon fiber hood and other parts. And I like to carry my tools in the car. Otherwise my son has been known to borrow them... That said, manufacturers are in a good position to reduce the weight of vehicles in the design stage, and they've been doing this for many years. They've also been complying with gradually increasing safety standards, so IMHO most cars have gradually gotten heavier. But if they can reduce weight and get improved crumple zones, I'm all for it. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.