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Old 02-22-2013, 12:22 PM   #4 (permalink)
MetroMPG
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Blue Angel View Post
love everything to do with both power and efficiency. My other car is a 2002 Corvette Z06 with a few tweaks, so I have two cars that are at opposite ends of the fuel economy spectrum and love both of them for their strengths.
Very cool - so you have two "performance cars". Nice.

Can you explain the oil pan heater mod? Is it a factory heater that prevents use outside a certain temp range? I recall that some other GM OEM block heaters had this "feature" that frustrates some of our members who would prefer to use them more than GM thinks they should be used.

Also - would love to see a pic of the car, lowered. If I recall, the Eco was already lowered slightly from the non-Eco, yes? I've only seen one Eco in person, and thought it looked quite nice.

Welcome to the forum! I'm just down the highway from you on the St. Lawrence River.
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