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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Old Mech: impressive. Congrats.
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serial: Aha - I misunderstood.
If your O2 sensor(s) are that bad, I'm surprised you don't have a check engine light (CEL). However, I once had a vacuum leak that caused an extremely rich mixture (even had soot in the tailpipe) and no CEL, and my Firefly's mileage dropped into the 20's from 50's.
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That sounds frightening.
The car did pass smog, so I'm guessing it's not too horrible, but only very rarely do I encounter a car that smells worse than my car.
I don't have motivation to change anything because I don't drive much. Otherwise I would've already gotten a C60 transmission for this
5 gears is just not acceptable, especially this 3000rpm <60mph nonsense. The speedometer tells me 3000rpm = 60mph but the radar electronic speed display things tell me I'm actually going 10% slower than indicated. The engine makes such a racket that I just don't really want to drive over 50mph lol. 60mph on the freeway is just death to the ears.
Next time the tires are changed, I think I might try to increase the diameter so that at least I'm going the speed my speedometer says, not under.