Good doobie or Bad doobie?

by **~Spadwaller~** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:51 pm

I was considering taking out the spare tire in my quest to weigh less for better MPG. Good idea or retarded? I have AAA BTW

by **ThatVietGuy** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:54 pm

The Solara is a fat bastard. Doubt the spare would have that tremendous of an effect.

by **Sp33d** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:58 pm

^hahahahahhahahahha. if you think about it, you ride that fat bastard every day.

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by **~Spadwaller~** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:59 pm

Ok I want to change my licence plate to a Black one with Yellow letters is that illegal to use a vintage plate on a 00 car?

by **ThatVietGuy** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:04 pm

Sp33d wrote:^hahahahahhahahahha. if you think about it, you ride that fat bastard every day.

-mark

Hey, as long as it gets me from A to B with no problems, whatever :lol:

by **~Spadwaller~** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 10:49 pm

Bump on the licence plate

by **Mole** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:40 am

take your ac compressor out.

Website · by **Turbosolara** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 1:48 am

take AC system out, take power steering out, take out all the sound insulating parts, strip the interior, CF hood and trunk...etc

by **JMSinMaryland** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:58 am

It's either all or nothing. I know Shishoda has ripped out most of his interior (if I recall correctly) and has an xB as a daily driver. Removing one or two things isn't going to change the overall character of the vehicle to where it would be worth the trade off of being stuck with a flat tire or being required to buy an offbrand tire because you got a hole in you tire close to the sidewall. Jon.

by **SPF 0** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 6:28 am

I think you'd get a much better mileage boost from simply ensuring that the tires are correctly inflated. If you travel in rural areas, I personally think you're trading a whole lot of potential inconvenience for a performance gain likely to be barely measurable, much less being noticeable.

by **Sap Z** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:53 am

no man...r u kidding me? sheesh..i wudnt go tht far as ripping off stuff from my car..

by **P Funky** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:06 am

Ya, if you're doing it to save MPG you'd have to take out so much that it wouldn't really be fun to drive enough that the mileage matters.

by **Jackass-Jeff** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:17 am

every 200 lbs more = 1 mpg loss.... so you may save 1 mile per TANK if you remove it...

by **Mossy** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:06 am

That is one heavy spare tires if it weighs 200 lbs.

by **Hsakuragi** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:16 am

just remove urself

Good doobie or Bad doobie?

Good doobie or Bad doobie?

Agreed

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