How badly do you want to improve gas mileage? Bad enough to make your car look like this one? This YouTube clip shows how Darin Cosgrove got an extra 15%. Wired has photos and story here:
Cosgrove, the founder of the hypermiling site Ecomodder.com, used cardboard, aluminum and duct tape to extend the back end of his 1998 Pontiac Firefly — as the Geo Metro is known in Canada — by 4.5 feet. The mod took him about 14 hours to do, and the results are impressive enough that he’s planning a sturdier version made of more durable materials.
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I guess parallel parking is out of the question?