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Old 12-19-2009, 02:55 PM   #1 (permalink)
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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

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

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454 V8 custom snowblower

Tis the season for silly threads.

(I'd be surprised if most people haven't seen this type of thing already; it's been around the net a few times, but I don't think anyone's posted here...)



Saw it in the newspaper today. This guy (a metal fabricator) lives in a part of Ontario that got a freak snowstorm (~ 1m / 3 ft) last week.

I love the quote in the paper:

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As a bit of added poetry, Mr. Grundt shot the snow two properties away, burying a truck owned by a neighbour who had declared he would never succeed. “All you could see was a bit of the antenna,” Mr. Grundt recalls.
A little searching found the related PopSci article and the YouTube video (of the 4 wheeled, pre-track version):




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