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RE: Found an econobox
Put down $200 on an Geo Prizm Auto today. Not an insight, but should do the trick. I am hoping it will move me from 15 mpg to 30 mpg. It is inspected until September 2016. So that is fine by me. If I complete all the Jeep repairs it will run over $1,200 and this will be around $800. I figure I can sell my Jeep and just about break even.
Don't get me wrong the Jeep is a very nice comfortable ride. To me comfort is having a nice big cushy, fully adjustable seat and getting 60 mpg. Don't care about all the other stuff. It is very quiet compared to a Geo, but the gas is a killer.
If figure I can use that 50% saving to help fund my insight purchase. I got my heart set on a nice Gen I Insight. To all the insight complainers and whiners out there I challenge you to just spec out the price of the aluminum. Not scrap I am talking 6061 structural aluminum extruded tubing.
I read somewhere Honda lost $14,000 per car on the insight. To me just a good aluminum chassis with no engine has a core valve of $3k. Been looking at some of the extreme high MPG home brews that are made from aluminum and the builders want 25k for something that is gocart like.
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