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Old 03-21-2014, 12:21 PM   #14 (permalink)
KrautBurner
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Cavalier of D00M - '05 Pontiac GTO LS2 T56
90 day: 23.2 mpg (US)

The New One - '10 Toyota Prius II
90 day: 51.55 mpg (US)

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Any plans for aero mods to the Prius, KrautBurner? Sounds like wheel discs maybe?

With that many miles/day on the open road, it's worth investigating.
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I've got a set of VW "Bottle Caps" (they look smoother than the stock prius spokes) with snow tires on them
its too bad I don't have standard steel wheels,
I could get the wheel disks
but I don't know of an easy/cheep way to mount them to the aluminum wheels (I really don't think I'm gonna spend $3-400 (or more) to do hubcaps

I'm also kicking around the idea of a belly pan and maybe blocking the grill
(as a "Car guy" I'm a bit hesitant when it comes to limiting the coolng system)
the tires on my stock 6 spokes are nearing the end of there life
and I got a line on a set of Honda 14" steelies with new tires on them
if the price is right, I'll probably pick them up next week
and maybe a set of disk hubcaps in the next month or so
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2005 GTO 6.0 V8 (600hp)

1991 Geo Metro 1.0 3/5 base

2010 Prius II (replaced 2001 Tahoe 5.3 V8 April 2014)

1994 F-350 7.3 TurboDiesel (Rollin' Coal)
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