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Old 06-08-2016, 11:16 AM   #9 (permalink)
elhigh
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Originally Posted by MobilOne View Post
Your best and quickest payoff would come from extreme hypermiling where possible. All the other options would likely never pay for themselves.
In my mind none of this is ever about "paying for itself." The money I spend on fuel is never going to pay for itself. Making the car better than it is is the point I'm pursuing, not an economic goal but a performance goal. The economic improvement of the vehicle is a plus, something that merely reduces the impact of the investment. If it completely pays back the investment, well and good.
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