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Old 01-05-2008, 10:13 AM   #3 (permalink)
MetroMPG
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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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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When you can't get good fuel economy...
Crappy gimmicks will make it seem less expensive!!!
Now that's funny.

Maybe they figure with something like this they can save money by not offering those "$1000 gas card with new vehicle purchase!" incentives that are all the rage.

Did I ever tell you I used to operate a gasbuddy.com type website in my city, sponsored by the local Toyota dealer? What's funny is the impetus behind it was gas prices had just surged over $0.60/litre ($2.27/US gal) for the first time. Motorists were outraged!
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