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Old 04-13-2016, 01:58 PM   #135 (permalink)
jcp123
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Beater Echo - '00 Toyota Echo
90 day: 42.67 mpg (US)

Hondizzle - '97 Honda Civic DX
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90 day: 46.55 mpg (US)

Shaggin Waggin - '14 Chrysler Town + Country
90 day: 22.56 mpg (US)
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Not sure if it's a success story or not, but I can't see how it would be anything else. Had a leaky tire on the Echo, and as a truck driver I am gone for a month at a time, and have come back to discover the battery was dead. Well, I took it to a used tire guy to just have a new one put on. Instead he took it off and plugged a leak I hadn't been able to find, and charged $5 for it! I gave him $10 because he had no reason to not rip me off, yet he did the right thing anyway. That solved, I went and bought a solar battery charger. No more jumping the battery and idling while I load the car, and yay to maintaining tire pressure! That should be worth 1-2mpg over what I have gotten the last few tanks. Not bad for $35 total.
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'97 Honda Civic DX Coupe 5MT - dead 2/23
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