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Old 11-28-2007, 08:29 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
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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Met an unhappy Aveo owner today

The guy's a tradesman. Uses the car to haul around tools & supplies for small home reno jobs. (Back seat is out of the car).

It's a small town: I had actually offered to buy this guy's 95 Metro over the phone when Ivan and I were searching for ForkenSwift host vehicles this winter. (But he wanted too much for it at the time - $500 - and of course ended up selling it to someone else for only $125 grrr... but that's another story...)

ANYWAY... he bought the Aveo because the Metro was getting rusty, had a bad axle, and he wanted A/C. And he's sorely disappointed he did.

"Tractor transmission" is how he describes it. Geared way too low, engine screams at highway speeds, he says. Really disappointed with the FE (though he really shouldn't be, if he did the research in advance).

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