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Old 01-09-2008, 01:01 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 51.82 mpg (US)
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Off-grid, "off the shelf" shack

Via Treehugger: an architect built a neat mountainside shack "using products pulled from the shelves of a home-improvement retailer."

I have a soft spot for clever, space efficient dwellings. This one, perched on a slope in West Virginia, seems to qualify...


Image Credit: Anice Hoachlander/HD Photo

Though is is down several rungs from Gypsy Rose: a beautiful, downsized, DIY, mobile, off-grid cabin. (To be fair, Gypsy Rose is more of a tiny house than a cabin - well above a "shack". If we're going to establish a hierarchy...)



I love the roll-up garage door.

If this kind of thing interests you, check the search results for "tiny house" at Treehugger.

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Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



EcoModder
has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
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