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Old 03-07-2017, 12:26 PM   #67 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by bobdbilder View Post
This was my car bought used, when I was a Sales Rep. I get paid to drive and modified before I become an ecomodder. Mods are only a single cam and 4-2-1 exhaust manifold. Sales Reps are paid commission as a percentage of sales. We could claim mileage and get a monthly allowance, So my job pay for those anyway . It gets about the same power of a Toyota Altis/Elise Sport. They are not really expensive and it makes travelling really fun..
Hold on--you also list head work and cat removal, along with some other things, in the car's profile.

Also, you can make the same argument of mileage reimbursement paying for the car to justify buying a hybrid, while keeping more of that reimbursement because of the lower fuel costs.
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