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Johnny Mullet · 05-12-2008, 10:57 PM

So since I got my 1998 Metro, the fuel economy has been a major issue. I save more money driving this car and it has already paid for itself over and over again with MPG saved

I started using a lot of the tips on here for fuel savings, but not some of the extreme stuff posted here. I have noticed gradual increases in my MPG for the good since then. I am sure I will get much better numbers when I do some more stuff. I cannot complain getting well over 50 MPG now!

Here is the weird part. I had to make an emergency trip to my parents house about 190 miles away. I topped off the tank and drove my little Metro like never before and maintained about 70 MPH on the Interstate and put all my fuel saving tricks learned here on hold. I actually "beat" the little car and drove it hard all the way there and back and my MPG increased

Is this just the nature of this car or did it really need to get whooped on since I been driving like an old lady since I rebuilt the head? It just does not make any sense to me right now. I am getting ready to re-fuel and will log the next tank of gas to see if the numbers go back down.

Any ideas on this? This was actually the very first time I ever driven this car over 60 MPH since I got it.

05-12-2008, 10:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Johnny Mullet Hi-Tech Redneck Join Date: May 2008 Location: Ashtabula, Ohio Posts: 1,436 Thanks: 6 Thanked 49 Times in 42 Posts	Weird MPG issue. So since I got my 1998 Metro, the fuel economy has been a major issue. I save more money driving this car and it has already paid for itself over and over again with MPG saved I started using a lot of the tips on here for fuel savings, but not some of the extreme stuff posted here. I have noticed gradual increases in my MPG for the good since then. I am sure I will get much better numbers when I do some more stuff. I cannot complain getting well over 50 MPG now! Here is the weird part. I had to make an emergency trip to my parents house about 190 miles away. I topped off the tank and drove my little Metro like never before and maintained about 70 MPH on the Interstate and put all my fuel saving tricks learned here on hold. I actually "beat" the little car and drove it hard all the way there and back and my MPG increased Is this just the nature of this car or did it really need to get whooped on since I been driving like an old lady since I rebuilt the head? It just does not make any sense to me right now. I am getting ready to re-fuel and will log the next tank of gas to see if the numbers go back down. Any ideas on this? This was actually the very first time I ever driven this car over 60 MPH since I got it. __________________ GeoMetroforum.com - got mpg?