That ain't nothin' next to the Richmond Costco parking lot on a Saturday, or the 3 blocks surrounding Yaohan center on a Sunday at lunch time haha.
As for spotted eco cars, I always figured an early Miata must be one in a way, after all it's light, small displacement, etc. I picked one up a while back and finally drove it today, I thought maybe since it's rear wheel drive I'd like it more than my Del Sol. And while it handles great, holy crap it has crazy gearing in it! The rear diff has a 4:30 ratio, and on those short little 14 inch tires, I was running around 2200 RPM in 5th gear - at 58 KM/H (36 MPH)!
It's a '91 I think, 5 speed, 180k KMs (111k miles)They rev to the moon and will run all day at high RPM, but it just soaks up fuel on the highway, considering you aren't even going fast with all those RPMs! If you never left town they would probably be really decent for city FE given no power steering, light weight, and city friendly gearing, but if you have to go over 50 MPH don't expect it to do it in an FE friendly way!
