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Old 03-13-2015, 11:32 PM   #16 (permalink)
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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)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 62.14 mpg (US)
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I am quite certain that sooner or later, someone will say "You know that will not work, right?" and they will not care the slightest bit about established practices and A-B-A methodology
No doubt!

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How many hours would you say you have into the tail thus far?
Oh, man. You had to ask. I'm going to guess ~40 hours where I was inside the garage and either looking at it or working on it. And ~20 hours where I was actually doing something productive.

Ready for this weekend's road trip! I still have a few more things I'd like to do (fender skirts, reflective tape on the transom), but I now have full operational "tail lights", so this will do for now:

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