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Old 05-21-2015, 10:52 PM   #33 (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)

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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There's one rebuilt Prius within driving range that I have on my watch list: a 2004 with 200k kms (120k miles), asking $4500. It's been listed for a couple of weeks.

The main thing that makes me leery of a salvage/rebuilt title is my goal of reselling the car in a year or two and breaking even. The fact it hasn't yet sold at $4.5k tells me people are shy about the rebuilt status. If I were planning a purchase to keep/drive into the ground, I'd have inquired about it already.

I'm super envious of your plug-in. It would suit my driving patterns very well. Small city = high range not needed. I could probably do 100% of my relatively infrequent local trips electrically, and then get great mileage on the open road.
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Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



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www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
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