First instinct was to laugh

[bedhed]

Whipped into a parking spot the other night, then looked over and saw this.

My first instinct was to laugh, but a closer look had be appreciating the purpose and ingenuity, at least.

 

[Tomcat]

Ya, I really like that. I think I'll have that added to my LJ, for the milage.

 

[LieutenantJohnson]

That is methed up

 

[Squatch]

 

[Squatch]

Talk about a candidate for a back-up camera installation...

 

[alittleoff]

I'd bet that his Mom is happy that he is out of her basement and on his own.

Poor mans Cyber truck.

 

[Chris]

At first I thought it was pretending to be a Tesla Cybertruck

 

[Apparition]

Took a slow car and made it slower.

 

[bedhed]

Ya, I really like that. I think I'll have that added to my LJ, for the milage.

If you need any extra inspiration, you can get some build ideas from this one.
https://wranglertjforum.com/threads/what-in-tarnation.31949/

Talk about a candidate for a back-up camera installation...

Funny you mention that. It had a light-pole sized dent in the rear.

 

[qslim]

Hypermilers must be insufferable to be around. Like vegans.

 

[pagrey]

My first instinct was to laugh, but a closer look had be appreciating the purpose and ingenuity, at least.

I'd have the same reaction. Reminds me of some things I see on here from time to time. Not necessarily my thing but I have a lot of respect for car/jeep guys that really get into it whatever direction they pick.

 

[bedhed]

I'd have the same reaction. Reminds me of some things I see on here from time to time. Not necessarily my thing but I have a lot of respect for car/jeep guys that really get into it whatever direction they pick.

Yeah, same here.

 

[flyinfish]

I'd bet that his Mom is happy that he is out of her basement and on his own.

Poor mans Cyber truck.

She's not so happy he took her car!

 

[Tranz Zam]

I wouldn't care if it got 200mpg, I'm not driving around looking like a poof.

 

[glwood]

She's not so happy he took her car!

Not only did he take her car, he 'fixed' it.

 

[billiebob]

60mpg ???
Nope it would have to make gas before I'd get into it.

 

[flyinfish]

Not only did he take her car, he 'fixed' it.

That depends on one's definition of "Fixed".

 

[glwood]

That depends on one's definition of "Fixed".

Hence 'fixed' and not fixed.

 

[xxdabroxx]

I really don't think the rate of return is worth the investment. Particularly if you count his man? hours into the equation.

I mean you do you, but I'd think there are more subtle ways of improving the aero package on a prius that would probably cost less and net an equal return on investment.

Because I can't help myself... I'm going to assume that this character is some sort of socialist leftist who supports $15/hr minimum wage. If you count his 100hr @ $15/hr that's an additional $1500 into this project. So now he has a total of $2500. Homeboy figures he saves $25/ 1k miles (wuhan is making gas cheaper though so he's losing some savings here). That leaves him breaking even at 100k miles if I did the math correctly.

Now, if you had to pay shop rates for similar, but hopefully better work, it would take closer to 1mil miles to recover the cost of the aero package.

 

[Squatch]

Could you imagine showing up in that thing to pick up your date? Hell, you could dangle a $100 bill out the window, and still not be able to pick up a hooker in that!