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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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Happy 2018! What are your new year's ecomodding & ecodriving resolutions?



What are you aiming for this year ... in terms of vehicular efficiency?

Post a link to your project thread if it's ongoing.

Me?

Miata: I was pumped to get the MPGiata past the 50 MPG mark in its first season. I still have lots more mods planned for the car, though my goal isn't so much to raise the MPG further as to spend the dividends of additional mods on a higher average cruising speed.
  • Replacing the water pump that sprung a leak in the last week of the season is top of the list.
  • Mods! Lower it, belly pan it, mock up some fairings/deflectors ahead & aft of the tires. Coolant heater. Fix the frequently-resetting MPGuino. Possible rear wheel skirts. Possible decklid extension/spoiler.
2000 Metro: Most of what I've been doing to this car is duplicating, rebuilding, or swapping over the mods from the Firefly.
  • Rebuilding the Kammback is the main project. I'll probably go with a temporary coroplast one until construction begins.
  • In the very near future: get wheel discs on it; coolant heater.
  • When it warms up more: trailer hitch & start work on a permanent boat tail.

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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



EcoModder
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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