01-12-2016, 03:55 PM
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01-16-2016, 09:55 PM
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This car is parked almost bumper to bumper  How do you maneuver in this situation? Is this normal??
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Actually that Swift was parked in a no-parking spot, look at the yellow stripe at the sidewalk.
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01-23-2016, 07:22 PM
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Believe it or not, I spotted this Fiat Fiorino in a high-income neighborhood...
...and this one in a slum...
Asia Motors Towner, license-made version of the Daihatsu HiJet
1st-generation Renault Twingo, this one was assembled in Uruguay (just not sure if the bodyshell was shipped from France or Colombia) but used a Brazilian engine.
Lada Samara that I spotted a few years ago in Pelotas, some 300km away from my hometown

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01-23-2016, 10:48 PM
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Nice cars/trucks you see there !
Be great to have them for use as experimental F.E.-MPG units
Add a CNG tank here; adjust a turbo there, compose new aero-shell about here....
That would be fun !
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01-24-2016, 10:28 PM
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Nice cars/trucks you see there !
Be great to have them for use as experimental F.E.-MPG units ��
Add a CNG tank here; adjust a turbo there, compose new aero-shell about here....
That would be fun �� !
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I am considering to get some old car and most likely to do engine mods and eventually a transmission swap, but not going so extreme with aero mods. And man, I got kinda shocked when I checked the current prices for CNG in my hometown...
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01-24-2016, 10:50 PM
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Brasil tein muito GADO, elas faz muito ga's !
Bota dentro tanque , rsrsrsrsrs
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01-24-2016, 10:55 PM
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Brasil tein muito GADO, elas faz muito ga's !
Bota dentro tanque ��, rsrsrsrsrs ��
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Recovering cattle fart to use as fuel would be virtually impossible, but I was willing to install a biodigester in the farm of some relatives who live near the Uruguayan border.
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02-02-2016, 10:33 PM
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BYD e6

My right ankle is still hurting after running one block, but I couldn't miss the pictures...
And now, in a picture from 2009, one of the last 2-door taxis from my hometown. As this Opel Corsa C was reaching the 15-year age limit for the taxis by then, that was its last year on the job. Though nowadays is not so usual for taxis to be kept for such a long time. AFAIK it's still running, just not as a taxi anymore.

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02-04-2016, 01:42 AM
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Compared to an S-10, this Chevy 500 (a Brazilian coupé-utility version of the Chevette) might qualify as eco. The corrugated aluminium box is obviously an aftermarket feature
This Ford Pampa might also be deemed eco if compared to a Ranger...
And they do see more cargo than many redneck ego-hauling full-size rigs would ever see...
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02-11-2016, 06:49 AM
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