I like it!!
Many hippies ran out and bought the first Pruis because it was going to save the world, not taking into account the costs of building a new car and destroying an old one. When just looking at MPG it's an easy decision, but when you look at total (cradle to grave) cost of a vehicle the line begins to blur substantially. Tech from the 1950's is probably still pretty terrible when it comes to emissions so a new car would still probably be a better choice, but that guy has made sure to get every bit of construction cost out of that truck
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-Mike
2007 Ford Focus ZX5 - 91k - SGII, pending upper and lower grill bocks - auto trans
1987 Monte Carlo SS - 5.3/4L80E swap - 13.67 @ 106
2007 Ford Focus Estate - 230k - 33mpg - Retired 4/2018
1995 Saturn SL2 - 256K miles - 44mpg - Retired 9/2014
Cost to Operate Spreadsheet for "The New Focus"