2008 WonderHowTo Video Award Winners

2008 WonderHowTo Video Award Winners
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Recession '08


With the Dow Jones down 20% this year, we all need clever ways to save money.


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Winner [40% of the Vote ]

Save gas


KipKay is a cornerstone of DIY video. He is everywhere from Make Magazine to the L.A. Times. He is also the top-grossing UGC producer in online history, having earned over $120,000 to date.
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Shaving Cream MAN! 11 months ago
kip kay is a genius!
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Pigeonchicken 11 months ago
great comments - aside from removing the spare. it's not the track - a car weighs 3,000 pounds - removing the spare isn't going to help THAT much and it could leave you in a heap of trouble.... stranded on I-5 waiting 3 hours for a tow??
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ribofunk 11 months ago
i'm going to buy some acetone!
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robbace 11 months ago
This guy makes some cool vids.
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Superted1979 10 months ago
If you watched the episode of Mythbusters they tested just this, you wil know that acetone does squat to your mileage...
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andy 8 months ago
@pigeon- I agree ditching the spare is a dumb idea since the autoclub doesn't offer free replacement tires. I got a flat on my RV without a spare in BFE and had to be towed to a tire shop where I was expertly overcharged. Bad Advice there kip.

Also, turning your car on and off all the time will probably ensure that you'll need a new starter much faster which is pretty costly. I imagine that something like the Prius has a special starter for this reason.

All of the additions and fixes he does to his car cost money and must be done pretty often to maintain that good mileage. If I wasn't lazy and did the math, I bet I could prove that hes spending about the same amount of money on all those expensive replacement parts as he's making up in gas mileage.

I run my car on pure acetone, btw.
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Monneyman3 8 months ago
Love these videos... As always this is extremely clever, helpful, and easy to do... Now i do have to agree with Andyfox and Pigeonchicken on the tire thing, but i think the point of this video was to show that a spare tire is something that could be taken out without the most dire of consequences for those who actually would want to.
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Wrider 6 months ago
Not sure the acetone is a good idea. It may increase your performance, but it also heats up the combustion to higher than the engine was designed for. It also would increase your compression ratio, which could easily result in knock or detonation, which destroys pistons. (As in blows holes through them).
As for the replacement parts, that's also probably he's gonna need replacements.
As for the weight, it does make a difference, as does tire pressure, by dropping 300 lbs and getting your tires inflated properly you could easily boost 2-3 mpg while driving just like you did before...
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Will 5 months ago
Weight reduction works, it only makes a small difference though like most common car modifications IEH intake, exhaust, header for example. The biodiesel conversions I have seen look interesting...
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casey321b 4 months ago
kipkay is a genius everyone is right! now at about $6 bucks i'm going to start doing this. I wonder if acetone works with biodiesel too :) anyway great video A+ ;D
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cpnstav 4 months ago
Maybe you should consider getting something more economical anyhow 17 MPG is a real gas guzzler.We in the Uk arepaying for your pollution because the USA wont sign up to the Kyoto treaty.Anyhow you think your gas is expensive try the Uk it is presently ...$10.3747 USD a gallon. We arepaying for YOUR Pollution
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holdonJohnson 3 months ago
Ok He makes kool vids kids!!(`~`) But has ANYONE TRIED it??(.%) The acetone???
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munchboy last month
great idea useing acetone, keeps me in a job repairing your engines which its going to cost you a lot more .
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