Jeff Matthews Posted August 8, 2008 Share Posted August 8, 2008 Everything has a price, and any dealer will happily transfer a vehicle to another if the price is right. THe more specific answer is because demand outweighs Toyota's production. The dealers aren't going to give up a vehicle to another dealer for cost (or cost plus transportation) when they can sell it to a customer for $10,000 over MSRP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLSamuel Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Found this while looking for Color Organ plans of all things.... a hybrid proposal from 1969 issue of Popular Science ... http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/hybrid-car-ready-in-1969/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Early 1994 I bought a brand new Eagle Talon 2.0L non-Turbo w/ an auto trans. The window sticker said: 21MPG City - 27MPG Highway .....and it did pretty much that after the motor broke in. About two years later I got the "tinkering" bug and did the following: -Had the exhaust manifold ported by a local engine shop. I did the R&R. -Installed a high flow but mild sounding cat-back system (Borla). -Indexed the spark plugs (pointed the open gap towards the intake valve). -Installed yee good ol' K&N drop in air filter. -Used only Sunoco 94 Oct gas. -Filled the tires from 29F / 26R to 33F / 30R Result?? 41MPG Highway and 26MPG City. And the car balanced perfectly. If I took a very hard cloverleaf turn, all four tires would start to break loose at the same time. Oh........when I sold the car the same set of tires had over 60k/miles on them and they lasted the guy I sold the car to another 20k/miles (Goodyear RS/A's). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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