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Originally Posted by pRoy
Decided to take a brake from my Vanagon project to check out some eco love!
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Hey pRoy.... thanks for the offer to film. I need to keep that in the back of my mind. I sent you an e-mail on other topics.
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Originally Posted by wmjinman
is that really 109 mpg you got with the boattail? - in "non-hybrid mode"?!?!?!
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Yup - that's the beauty of light weight + good aero + tall gearing + the secret weapon: LEAN BURN.
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Originally Posted by jime57
My only criticism is that I don't think I'd give away the improvement achievable from smoothing out the tail light area by relocating them, like you did on the metro. I think you will regret doing that. It isn't really all that hard to do. all you have to do is use a trailer harness with snap on taps just inside the hatch wiring.
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No trailer harness or extra lights on hand made that approach less quick & less simple.
The future better (and more complicated) version of the tail will take that approach though. Until then, I can happily live with ~10% better highway MPG.