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Old 07-23-2018, 10:26 AM   #1 (permalink)
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first kilotank (1k+ km = 620+ miles) in the beater Metro: 72 MPG US!




I passed the 1k milestone for the first time in the winter beater Metro!


That's 1021 km on the trip odometer (not merely 21), with 1/8 tank remaining! (I chickened out last tank and filled at 987 km, but the needle was on "E" last time.)


This will be a record tank -- should be 70+ MPG. According to the ScanGauge, it's sitting at 71.8. I'll likely fill up next week.




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Old 07-23-2018, 01:49 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Good work!

Hey, wait...it ain't winter...?
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Old 07-23-2018, 02:05 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Ha! You caught me. I gave the Firefly the spring/summer off this year.



But the MPGiata is coming out of hibernation in a few weeks for late summer/fall duties. And then I'm throwing the Metro back into the briny slush!


So the Metro's impending fill-up will likely be the high-water mark for the year. Fingers crossed for 70!
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Old 07-30-2018, 07:07 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Congrats, amazing numbers there.

I make too many short trips lately and can't keep my foot off the gas, so you're likely to do better than my next fillup.
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Old 07-30-2018, 02:01 PM   #5 (permalink)
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NICE.

I have only one car that can do a kilotank, but Son #2 has it and rarely gets better than 45mpg. Ah well.
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Old 07-30-2018, 02:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Old 07-30-2018, 05:19 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Congrats on over 620mi! I highly doubt I’ll ever go that far on a tank of fuel lol...
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Old 07-31-2018, 07:35 AM   #8 (permalink)
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My 2006 stock 1.4 diesel, robotic transmission (not a slush box but manual with computer controlled actuators) toyota corolla once did that.

But only once.
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My 2006 stock 1.4 diesel, robotic transmission (not a slush box but manual with computer controlled actuators) toyota corolla once did that.

But only once.
We had a Corolla diesel available to us in the States for about 45 minutes back around 1984 or 85. I think they sold about 3. Maybe 4.

Not literally but it sure feels that way.
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Old 07-31-2018, 08:57 AM   #10 (permalink)
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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

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

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^ I did not know that! I wonder if Canada got it too... if proportional to the States as usual, availability would have been around 4 or 5 minutes.

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Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



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