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Old 01-13-2008, 09:46 AM   #30 (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: 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: 52.48 mpg (US)
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To summarize, the guesstimates were:

38.0 - bestmapman
34.0 - SVOboy
33.0 - Silveredwings
32.6 - metroschultz
32.0 - Daox
31.76324 - DifferentPointofView
31.0 - GenKreton
29.5 - Frank Lee
29.0 - roflwaffle
28.5 - UfoTofU
28.0 - XFi
27.0 - jazzie604
26.0 - Lazarus
25.5 - igo
25.0 - Who

And the envelope please...

Dad's actual mileage in 61.7 miles (99.3 km) of sub/urban driving was:

22.4 mpg (US) / 10.5 L/100 km / 26.9 mpg (Imperial)

And for being the biggest pessimist, Who wins the Ecomodder window cling!

[Insert Abbot & Costello routine here.]

Who: send a PM to Ben with your mailing address, and I'm sure he'll stick one in an envelope when he takes a break from reading 60 pages of Japanese today.
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