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Old 06-09-2015, 10:09 PM   #89 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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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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temptress!

I haven't actually seen a gen. 1 on the road for probably a few years now. Until yesterday.



This Quebec-plated one went blasting past me on the 401, going probably 120+ km/h / 75 mph. (May as well be a million miles an hour to me.)

Rusted out rocker panels whistling in the wind.

On Friday there were three, separate, dead gen. 1's advertised for sale within an hour and a half of here for $500-$600 each. But I'm not feeling quite that crazy and/or ambitious. (Also, lacking a ready means of transporting them may be a factor.)

Nothing else on the radar or the horizon right now. That concludes this C.R.A.P. Prius update.
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