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Old 11-14-2011, 01:55 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

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

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 52.48 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Piwoslaw View Post
This nerd will have his revenge at the fuel pump
To their credit, they actually did acknowledge that:

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Why it's nerdcore: There are a lot of good reasons to try and make your car more aerodynamic, although certainly visibility problems come to mind when I see Darin Cosgrove's boat-tail Geo Metro. And parking the thing doesn't seem like the easiest task.
Still, where this car absolutely excels is in getting more miles per gallon. It's this brilliant but somewhat thick-headed mastery of economy that shows us that nerds do care about cars, but not always the same way as we do.
I honestly don't mind about the laughs.

But I also don't think they should have featured my cardboard-over-aluminum-tube monstrosity.

AeroCivic should always be the poster child.
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