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Old 01-22-2018, 10:22 AM   #66 (permalink)
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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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1M views! Temptation!

Amazingly, Demuro's Mirage rant now has over 1 million views and 14,304 Comments.

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Yet despite the common wisdom that this is the WORST CAR YOU CAN BUY(!), the thought crossed my mind just last week that maybe it's time to think about selling off the Suzukiclone fleet. (First time I've had that thought in a dozen years.)

This specific car tempts me:



2014 base model (which in Canada means no A/C ... no care), manual trans, only 46k km (26k miles), for sale at a little used car dealership in Ottawa.

Asking $4500. They probably picked it up at auction for about $3k.

If I sold all the Suzukiclones, I could probably break even.

$4500 is the same price I paid for the Firefly in 2005. It was 7 years old, but it only had 2k kms / 1200 miles on it. No warranty either.
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