there is that point as well as the fact that if you looking for a car that gets mileage a hot rodded, carberated v8 isnt the hot ticket. your gonna be dumping all your money down the filler tube at the gas station instead of buying cool parts for the hot rod. i work 21 miles from home. I drove my dart to work this morning. i put $30 in the tank right before i left. im gonna have to dump another $20 just to get home. that $50 would carry my *** to and from for a month in my lil rice burner. that and if i get hit by some teenager with a cell phone glued to her hand im not gonna have to kill her if im in the nissan.