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Originally Posted by arcosine
Why not get a kit car body.
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Because:
- I already have a SuperBeetle
- It's already hard enough for me to get in and out of the SuperBee
- It's more of an intellectual exercise than a burning need to save gas in the 100miles/month I drive
- To prove a point (going from 0.42 Cd and 26mpg to 0.26 Cd and 42mpg)
- It's a goal achievable on my limited income (well, after the Holidays)
- I've stockpiled 100s of lineal feet of redwood benderboard and I'm looking for some way to use it.
Years ago, when I had a wife and 3 kids I wanted a 2-seater, the Amante/Gazelle:
I'm over that now. I'd be more interested in a fiberglass version of the Volkhart-Saggita (claimed 0.17 Cd):
