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Old 02-28-2013, 08:56 AM   #34 (permalink)
arcosine
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sc1 - '98 saturn sc1
Team Saturn
90 day: 43.17 mpg (US)

Airplane Bike - '11 home built Carp line Tour

rans - '97 rans tailwind

tractor - '66 International Cub cadet 129

2002 Space Odyssey - '02 Honda Odyssey EX-L
90 day: 28.25 mpg (US)

red bug - '00 VW beetle TDI

big tractor - '66 ford 3400

red vw - '00 VW new beetle TDI
90 day: 58.42 mpg (US)

RV - '88 Winnebago LeSharo
90 day: 16.67 mpg (US)
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I always liked the Pontiac Trans Sport. If I could get one for cheap back here I would already have some ideas to take lots of weight off and replace the A/C with an evaporative cooler. Its automatic transmissions kill lots of power, but the manual Getrag 5-speed used in the Chevy Cavalier, Cobalt, Saturn Ion and Astra is not so hard to bolt into.
Looks aero with that nose. Its got a galvanized space frame and plastic body panels, like the Fiero and Saturn. Dash is too long. Too bad it's a V6. Sitting in the middle of the vehicle, you'd think it would rate good in the crash test, but the dummy's metal foot was severed.
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