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Old 01-07-2011, 04:29 AM   #41 (permalink)
Jim-Bob
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Super-Metro! - '92 Geo Metro Base

$250 Pizza Delivery Car - '91 Geo Metro Base
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90 day: 43.75 mpg (US)

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If you really wanted to pick nits, you could even challenge the use of EPA combined cycle as the yard stick and instead use your own percentage of city/highway driving at the EPA rated mileages for those kinds of driving to devise a personal combined cycle baseline. For me, that would change things drastically as I drive 100% city on a daily basis and rarely ever go on the interstate ( the car delivers pizza at a store 1.8 miles from my house and I rarely go more than 5 miles from home). Thus, my base mileage would be based off of the 37 mpg city and NOT the 40 combined that it is now. Could I fudge the numbers? Yes, but that would be cheating and I am not willing to win (for lack of a better term) by illegitimate means. It proves nothing in the end and just gives me shallow bragging rights that I cannot back up. It adds nothing to the discussion here and helps no one improve their fuel mileage.

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(Note: the car sees 100% city driving and is EPA rated at 37 mpg city)