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Bonhomme7h
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A short one, in a Dodge dealership used car lot:
You know what is right.
As usual, let off the gas way before the stop sign, slow down to a few mph, stop only if someone else have the priority and get off in second or third gear. Gas is already higher than 5$/gallon since a year or two in Québec...
Antique design, lots of go-fast bits and pieces bolted underneath, can (almost) passes unnoticed under the nose of the authority; a ridiculously fast flying brick.
Excellent choice.
What is this, Lifehacker?
Hummmm... Will I take this exercise seriously? This car need some love.
Agreed. We salvaged an old one from a pile of scrap to install in our farm garage 25 years ago, still work like a charm. Except from the leek that force you to let the valve open juuuuuuust a little bit so it won't unexpectedly drop 12 inches every now and then. Not the safest thing in the world but this is still one…
An oxy acetylene torch make these rusty bolts beg for mercy.
A 3 doors 4WD hatchback available with a manual transmission.
Did I said Fiesta? Festiva, sorry about that. [en.wikipedia.org]
For the hypermillers: 80's Ford Fiesta. The pizza delivery boys have beaten all of them to death by now...
In the last decade? No, unfortunately...
They must have migrated north, I see them everywhere since 2 or 3 years, when they began to be cheap enough to be desirable for poor kids.
Most of the early VW Rabbit must have transmuted into iron oxide by now...
Nibble's fault confessed is half redressed.
Only try? You don't want to miss this.