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MetroMPG · 10-02-2014, 03:24 PM

Just kidding!

I'm surprised to learn it has a factory rear stabilizer bar. Mine only has a front one. Ditch it and save weight!

I would definitely put rust repair & prevention at the top of the list ... before the salt trucks hit the road in the not-too-distant future. Once these lightly built cars start to rust, they go very fast. Fast as in: one day you're saying, "I'll look after that some day" and shortly thereafter, "I wonder if the junkyard will come and get this."

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