All of this talk about "putting cars on a diet" reminds me about the hype being put out by car manufacturers and car magazine writers back in the late 70's when they were downsizing cars.
The FE benefits of weight reduction are most evident in stop and go traffic and when driving up and down hills. I haven't done any weight reduction on my car other than removing the front passenger's seat, mainly because I rarely carry a passenger and makes it easier to load bags of feed into the car onto the resulting low load floor.
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