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Old 08-28-2009, 10:36 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

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

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 62.14 mpg (US)
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Jimbo - congrats on the new ride & 44 mpg. Shiny!

Not a fan of drafting, myself. I like to know what's going on ahead down the road. Harder to do when your windshield is full of the back of some other vehicle.

You might want to dig into the spoiler issue a bit more. I seem to recall that one of Saturn's bespoilered coupes (not sure if it's your SC1... was there another before it?) had a lower drag coefficient than the non-spoilered model. Of course, referring to the OEM spoiler.

That ring a bell for anyone else?
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