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Old 11-02-2010, 11:39 PM   #257 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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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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Originally Posted by aerohead View Post
... a fella drove up in a 1st-gen Insight.... and he said that coming home,he drafted 18-wheelers ... pulled 95 mpg at the posted speed limit.
A bit off-topic, but a 1st gen Insight owner told me he also got numbers close to that with very close drafting at 100 km/h (62 mph) on the freeway...

... at least up to the point where he was pulled over by the police and ticketed for tailgating. (And rightly so!)

The cop told him he thought at first the Insight was being towed by the other car.
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