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Originally Posted by California98Civic
not being beholden to the automakers' pricing of new high-MPG vehicles. You are comparing the cost of the mod to direct savings from the FE improvement, but I'm partly thinking about my savings as coming from the avoidance of car payments.
By my figuring, I'm slightly ahead in cost/benefits of ecomodding (mostly through hypermiling the car) and thousands ahead in avoided car payments this year.
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Not letting "the man" hold you down calicivic?
This is a very good point about just taking an old car and modding it to get better mileage than you can get from a new car. You're saving a bunch by not buying a new car.
I've often thought about buying a 2nd gen prius and putting in one of those booster packs. Sure it'll cost like $4000 or somehting for the booster, but when compared to buying a totally new vehicle, i'm way ahead and can still get better mileage than any new "stock" car.
I've always been 10-20 years behind on owning a new car.