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Good thread idea!
Short answer: 21 (or 22? I forget exactly.)
Long answer: While I was going to school, I took a part time job as an instructor of defensive driving. The month long training for the job included having to research and present a classroom seminar to fellow instructor trainees. We chose our seminar topic from a set list of subjects like "basic vehicle maintenance every driver should know", or, "advice, tips and laws about pulling a trailer", or, "economy driving techniques to save fuel (and vehicle wear)".
Guess which one I picked!
I've been hooked ever since. I started modifying my driving that week... and my first ecomod followed shortly after (a lawn edging air dam and side skirts on my mk1 Rabbit/Golf).
I was not exactly a speed demon before then, and had always leaned toward relatively efficient cars (with the exception of my very first car, a giant, classic American V8 land yacht that I restored). So, while I had't exactly been wasting a ton of fuel, I also hadn't been thinking very deliberately about the subject matter. Researching that seminar opened my eyes, and my interest in efficiency only grew from there.
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