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Old 03-06-2017, 01:28 PM   #17 (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: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
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Yes it was. And I didn't even get to enjoy it by driving the car afterward. We all love driving some fresh rust repairs, don't we!

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Next time buy a car from out where I am.
Oil pan, if it made any financial sense to bring pristine old beaters up here, that's what I'd have done. Believe me!

War_Wagon (in British Columbia) sent me countless leads on cheap, rust-free economy cars in his neck of the woods. The math just didn't work out to go and fetch them.
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Project MPGiata! Mods for getting 50+ MPG from a 1990 Miata
Honda mods: Ecomodding my $800 Honda Fit 5-speed beater
Mitsu mods: 70 MPG in my ecomodded, dirt cheap, 3-cylinder Mirage.
Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



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has launched a forum for the efficient new Mitsubishi Mirage
www.MetroMPG.com - fuel efficiency info for Geo Metro owners
www.ForkenSwift.com - electric car conversion on a beer budget
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