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Old 05-08-2016, 02:03 PM   #2 (permalink)
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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: 52.71 mpg (US)

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

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 60.16 mpg (US)
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Oh, and the owner was stunned when I told him the fuel economy.

Stupidly, the car has no OEM consumption gauge. From his research and a few fill-ups he figured the car was good for about 50 mpg US in mostly city driving in warm weather.

I explained the key things I did to improve from 50 to 67 mpg. (Him: "You must have been driving so slowly! Pissing off other drivers?" Me: "Nope!") I offered to show him, but he wasn't really interested. Going from ~10 mpg in the Merc (RIP), any number a Smart delivers is good enough.

He did jokingly admit that he over-compensates for the Smart's teensy-weensy image... he drives the car pretty hard in traffic, "racing" away from lights, etc.
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