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Old 05-11-2017, 02:45 PM   #1 (permalink)
MetroMPG
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 52.48 mpg (US)
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MetroMPG's 1998 Chevrolet Metro (Pontiac Firefly) mods & repairs kitchen sink thread


(The unmolested 1998 Pontiac Firefly 1.0L 5-speed, shortly after bringing it home.)

I figure it's about time I made a "kitchen sink"/catch-all thread to document everything - eco and otherwise - that I've done/am doing to the Flea.

(I've had the car for 12 years now -- I think it's safe to say it's a keeper!)

If you don't know the backstory, the car was a lucky barn find: it had been driven less than a year, and then parked in a garage and not driven for 7 more years before I got it with ~2500 km / ~1500 miles on the clock.


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