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Old 01-11-2016, 03:50 PM   #4 (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)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
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Welcome!

The Fit is a neat car. And congrats on not swallowing the automatic transmission kool-aid! The manual is more efficient in the real world, despite the AT's better ratings. Just as it is with the Mirage MT vs. auto.

And the manual is more fun too.

I took a manual Fit (2009 model year) out for an eco-driving coaching session, and saw 41 mpg US / 5.7 L/100 km in sub/urban driving in warm weather/warm vehicle. And that was without using any advanced techniques. There's lots more where that came from.

What part of the province are you in?
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