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Old 08-23-2012, 08:34 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Celiturbo View Post
If you read through the thread its pretty clear there is a bias here against anyone that builds a car for power, there was also a bunch of silly remarks as to why people would send hate mail or whatever to the page. What you quoted from me is not an argument, just saying its more likely that if someone has a problem with someone else doing what they can to improve FE it is likely because they perceive that to mean making a car slow and driving slow. Which is useless and a step backwards in the minds of a lot of people.
Good points. Some on this forum are smug and feel that their interests (ecomodding) are more important than other interests. Some on here are even misguided thinking that slow acceleration is beneficial to fuel economy, and that no doubt angers people.

What we really have is many differing ideas about how to live well. Some of these ideas may be better than others, but the goal of living well is shared by everyone.

The person who visits this site, reads through a few posts, and then still comes to the conclusion that it's all vanity has at least done more than the average person to educate themselves.
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