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Old 09-09-2009, 09:56 AM   #26 (permalink)
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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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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Especially if you have access to a salvage yard that will let you play around inside... you can pull covers and check gear spacing to your heart's content!
That's the thing for me - no handy salvage yard that would let me poke around. They used to be flexible like that but aren't as friendly to the idea of "spejunking" any more. Legal worries, I guess.

I was just talking to Ben last night about not having much luck even finding another dead Suzukiclone in driveways/fields (thinking: parts car). Seems even those are getting to be long gone around here.

I went about 1200 km round trip on the weekend, and only saw one other 3 cylinder clone on the entire journey: a well preserved convertible (I'm guessing only summer driven).
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