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Originally Posted by sser2
This Saturday I am picking up a '99 Metro for $300 to serve as a platform for my ecomodding project. Indeed, $250 part for $300 car does not make sense. However, I got my electric water pumps lightly used for $75 apiece, which is a more reasonable price. Electric water pump is just one thing, others are new xfi engine, lower ratio transmission, low current fuel pump, CDI ignition, alloy wheels with LRR tires, etc, etc. Whether it is worthwhile spending money on this project depends on how you look at it. Propping up an old beater by throwing money at it does not make sense, but buying a Prius or Insight for what they charge for them doesn't make sense either.
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Considering the cost and energy usage involved in the manufacturing of a new car, it actually doesn't seem so pointless to refurbish an older beater. It may also be a good excuse to try some ecomods that oneself wouldn't be so willing to do in a newer and more expensive car.
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Astro is so handicapped in fuel economy that it is not worth modifying.
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Considering that even a minor improvement would be proportionally higher than it would look in a small econobox, it doesn't seem so worthless at all to modify an Astro.