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Old 02-22-2012, 11:04 AM   #50 (permalink)
99metro
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Briggsdale, Colorado
Posts: 296

Wildfire - '96 Ford Bronco XL
90 day: 14.88 mpg (US)

Blackford - '96 Ford Bronco XLT
90 day: 20.26 mpg (US)

Y2k - '00 Honda Insight
Gen-1 Insights
Team Honda
90 day: 73.98 mpg (US)

Redford V10 - '01 Ford F250 Lariat
90 day: 15.64 mpg (US)

FireFly - '00 Honda Insight DX
90 day: 69.43 mpg (US)

LittleRed - '00 Honda Insight
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Start and go with the Metro. I keep the speed low -35ish tops- through the 2.5 miles of dirte' roads, then 45 mph on pavement. Warms up completely in about 4 to 5 miles total. The Cummins is start, wait about 30 seconds, then drive easy. Takes a little longer to warm up, maybe 10 miles.

There are puffing (idling in the driveway) laws here and they pass out tickets as much as they can. Car thieves really LOVE the cold weather - just pick and chose what vehicle you want and drive away.
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