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Hybrid Vehicle Conversion Services?

Posted by Cliff on from the another-way-to-beat-high-gas-prices dept.

OverkillTASF asks: "My '94 I6 Jeep Grand Cherokee has once again eaten through a transmission... at 105k miles. For one reason or another, this has led me to the following question: Are there any companies/individuals out there who do hybrid vehicle conversions? I'd like to retrofit my Barbie Jeep with the necessary equipment to eek out 5 more MPG, be a little more environmentally friendly, but still allow me to get where I need to go out here in the sticks? Do such after-market conversion services exist?"

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  1. in short... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    no.

  2. No problemo by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Make it lighter. There is all sorts of stuff built into the frame for "safety" and "roll-over protection" that you'll probably never need. Remove a few hundred pounds of this dead-weight (also go on a diet yourself), and watch your gas mileage go up, up, up.

    1. Re:No problemo by kingkade · · Score: 2, Funny

      And those airbag assemblies are just chock full of heavy cases and those dense airgs themselves. Get rid of these cumbersome, life-saving material and you should be good to go.

      --
      why run from Vincenzo?
    2. Re:No problemo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      In the words of Al Bundy, "I got him to cut another $100 off the price of the car. Why pay for seatbelts when you don't have brakes?"

  3. Re:TDI! by thebigmacd · · Score: 2, Funny
    For the record, he's interested in an SUV because he's out in the country. A TDI isn't exactly SUV-esque.
    Neither is Barbie...