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Old 03-01-2014, 12:53 AM   #18 (permalink)
doviatt
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Grey Goose (Retired) - '89 Geo Metro LSI 4 door hatch back
Last 3: 57.16 mpg (US)

Tweety - '91 Geo Metro Convertible -2 Door convertible LSI
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90 day: 43.97 mpg (US)

Shadow - '02 Honda Shadow VT1100
90 day: 43.46 mpg (US)

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90 day: 42.69 mpg (US)

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In the usual course of a day (excluding shutting your engine off at traffic lights) how many times on average did you need to park and leave your car and then restart the engine?
It was a 60 mile round trip commute every week day for work. To be fair most of it was freeway.

I can't exclude traffic lights
in this scenario because I had to stop at lights and keeping the engine running was NOT an option (how would I get it back into gear?). I will admit to rolling stops on the stop signs most of the time. 16 starts worst cast and 8-10 average with good luck with lights, traffic, etc.

I will admit this wasn't fun nor amusing. It is a real story though. I still have the starter just incase I want to put this trusted unit into my current Metro.
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