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Old 06-17-2009, 12:41 PM   #125 (permalink)
Daox
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CM400E - '81 Honda CM400E
90 day: 51.49 mpg (US)

Daox's Grey Prius - '04 Toyota Prius
Team Toyota
90 day: 49.53 mpg (US)

Daox's Insight - '00 Honda Insight
90 day: 64.33 mpg (US)

Swarthy - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage DE
Mitsubishi
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Thats a little bit of a story. My first car was a 93 Tercel. The Paseo is based on the same chassis, just different body panels. At the time I was more into performance, and the Paseo was a sportier vehicle. I still liked the Tercel so I didn't wander far. I found a very good deal on this Paseo and took it (the car still only has 80k miles on it). I did a bunch of horsepower modifications to it that resulted in a bunch of small increases. Then, I got a job that was a ~35 mile commute one way and things had to change. I started to search online how to increase mileage and that inevitably brought me to a few sites and this is one of them. I'd say half of my work has been reversing the original horsepower mods made to the car. If I had known what I know now when I bought the Paseo, I'd definitely have a different car. I probably would have gotten a Civic VX.

Thanks for the compliments on my fab skills. I can do the work, but I like the mechanical stuff more than the body work. If I were to do skirts, they'd have to look good, and that means a lot of work haha.

The other Paseo has a siezed engine. I'm still not sure what I"m doing with it. Too many projects!
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