01-10-2018, 06:19 PM
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It's all about Diesel
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I can see why LeMons would allow an unlimited safety budget in addition to their stringent requirements. Small budgets and disinterest in safety can be a recipe for disaster.
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Gotta have to agree on that, but I've always thought safety hadn't been enforced so effectively.
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01-10-2018, 09:11 PM
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01-11-2018, 10:05 PM
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I've wanted to enter this for a long time. One can dream, one can dream.
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Indeed, maybe one day once the kids are grown and I have money in my bank account again.  |
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01-11-2018, 10:49 PM
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Given the budgets of many of the folks on here, the resourcefulness of the community, and considering lengths people are willing to go through to engineer solutions, I propose an Ecomodder LeMons team. Anyone interested?
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I am interested. Absolutely. $500 buys a lot of scrap cardboard and resin for aeromods. Hahaha!.
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01-12-2018, 09:06 AM
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I wish you could get a Trabant in this country for <$500... that's my dream entry to LeMons.
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01-12-2018, 03:27 PM
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Human Environmentalist
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Perhaps you can find someone willing to sell for $500. The rules do state you must be willing to surrender the vehicle for $500 as a way to discourage someone from gaming the system by offering a vehicle for well below market value.
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01-12-2018, 04:30 PM
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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01-12-2018, 05:14 PM
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What is worse, the salvage title, or automatic transmission?
Do you think Bill the Engineer paid less than $500 when he bought the Firebird?  |
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01-15-2018, 01:29 AM
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Cyborg ECU
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.
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01-15-2018, 08:16 AM
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The Neon would be perfect. Looks like a lemon.
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