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Old 02-25-2008, 11:01 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Edmunds.com Ecomodder Article is up!

That writer for Edmunds has the Ecomodding article up!

It's here: http://blogs.edmunds.com/.eea3ef4

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Old 02-25-2008, 11:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Good piece profiling 5 modded vehicles including:
  • Phil's (aerohead's) '94 Toyota pickup (and his Karmann Ghia, and his VW bus, and his '62 Dodge pickup, and his CRX...)
I guess some have been doing this longer than others!
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Old 02-25-2008, 11:28 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Very nice article. Hope the servers are up to the task of the added volume.
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Old 02-25-2008, 11:29 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 02-25-2008, 06:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Sweet. I'm proud to be a member, and be in such excellent company.
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Old 02-25-2008, 06:11 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 02-25-2008, 11:17 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 02-26-2008, 04:11 PM   #8 (permalink)
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It's very cool to see the publicity ecomodder is getting. Hopefully this leads to more successful modifications happening.

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