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Old 03-16-2020, 07:07 AM   #138 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by teoman View Post
That does not sound like a logical modification to me.

What next? Chop off both legs and an arm to reduce weight? Or remove the safety belts air bags and strip the dash to bare metal so you have a machine that automatically does that for you.
Yeah, I agree. I think he has something like 5 of these cars, and on this one he also runs 100psi+ in the tires.

He gets 50%+ better fuel economy than any Insight I've ever seen, but the base car still does extraordinarily well.
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