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View Poll Results: Vote! Modification of the year - 2010
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Ben Nelson's DIY hybrid conversion
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13.56% |
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Dave Cloud's Geo Metro based "Dolphin"
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22.03% |
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3-Wheeler's 1st gen Honda Insight boat tail
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33.90% |
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Weather Spotter's Full boat tail on a Matrix
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10.17% |
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BamZipPow's T-100 Underbelly Pan
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ZeroHour's Subaru skirts and grill block
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Wonderboy's CRXFi build
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Dremd's 6 speed transmission swap - Golf TDI
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8.47% |
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Mike Dabrowski 2000's affordable hybrid grid charger
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01-31-2011, 11:02 AM
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Last day to vote!
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01-31-2011, 01:36 PM
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I like weatherspotters idea. Cheap enough that he actually might recover the investment.
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02-01-2011, 10:48 AM
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Voting is closed!
Thanks to everyone for their 2 cents.
And...
Congrats to Jim for inspiring the most votes with the quality of planning, detail, aesthetics and workmanship of his gen. 1 Insight boat tail.
And while Dave Cloud's car is astounding on multiple levels, I'm glad we chose to recognize the project of an active EcoModder member. |
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02-01-2011, 04:00 PM
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Congrats, Jim!
You worked hard to win, and so did everyone else.
I admit that I voted for a different project, not because I didn't want Jim to win (amazing craftmanship), but because others also deserve credit for what they did.
Thank you to everyone here who put their time and effort into making the ecomodding community what it is 
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02-01-2011, 07:05 PM
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Awesome work on the Insight boat tail... congratulations!
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02-03-2011, 03:10 AM
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Probably time to take the notice down... or change the wording... 
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02-03-2011, 11:17 AM
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Whoops - I have meant to do that for 2 days in a row now. I'm so easily distra...
SQUIRREL!!!
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02-03-2011, 02:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 1.9SDI
I don't mean any offense to that statement (unlike my one about trucks and 4WDs!), it's just not possible for anyone, or everyone, to mod themselves. Plus, it's not to everyone's taste and not very practical either.
True, it dramatically reduces your drag, but makes your car impractical to use without adapting the tail to open for luggage, etc. Like I said, no offense to those that have - in fact a big 'well done' for being so enthusiastic - but not practical for everyday family use in my opinion.
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It may be possible to alter the Insight tail mounting system, to make a cargo area back there!
So the tail extension could be used for good air flow and for storage.
That would make it much more practical.
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02-03-2011, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Weather Spotter
I voted but I did not vote for my project (others feel free ). I had to go with Jim's tail as it was my inspiration to do my project. |
Thanks Weather!!
And the inspiration for my tail is.... MetroMPG.
Also we can't forget Mike from aerocivic fame.
Both of those were inspirations for the Insight tail.
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02-03-2011, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw
....Thank you to everyone here who put their time and effort into making the ecomodding community what it is |
I have to agree 100%.
It's nice to see all the progress going on with the various projects here.
Notice how the gas prices are creeping up again.
I predict there will much more traffic here as a result.
Jim.
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