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Old 04-12-2010, 10:10 PM   #6 (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)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
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Congrats, Ben!

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Originally Posted by bennelson View Post
I actually got some comments later by other Geo Metro folks saying what a good welding job it was!
Ha! Looked like someone squeezed crap out of a bird to me!

(Just kidding. Tim is slightly better at welding than I am)

Do you do any rust prevention? I have the ForkenSwift oil treated. (And have also done the rusty control arm mount reinforcement). Hope to get a few more years out of it

We're pretty close in mileage (though I have a head start). I'm at ~4k kilometers / 2485 mi.
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