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Old 12-23-2013, 06:59 PM   #19 (permalink)
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X-Car - '11 Homemade 2+2

Velbly1 - '17 Toyota Camery XSE
90 day: 29 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by jamesqf View Post
Wrong. It's far more efficient to have several tools that each do their job well, than to have one that does every job poorly.

So I could haul that 1000 lbs of mining equipment - or hay, firewood, etc - with my '88 Toyota, which is smaller and gets better mpg than any current pickup I know of, and does a better job hauling because today's pickups been turned into mutant passenger vehicles. And when it's just me on paved roads, I can get 70 mpg in my Insight, all 'cause I'm using the right tool for the job at hand.
So for the $10,000+ I'd pay for the Insight, which I don't need at ALL since we have another car in the family, i could put that money into my 100 MPG X-Car. Plus not having the Registration,Insurance,Taxes, tires, etc. to pay even if the car is only rarely used, saves more money to work on my project.
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