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Old 04-17-2018, 01:48 PM   #15 (permalink)
California98Civic
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Black and Green - '98 Honda Civic DX Coupe
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90 day: 66.42 mpg (US)

Black and Red - '00 Nashbar Custom built eBike
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Originally Posted by PaleMelanesian View Post
I love doing the whole "What can you fit in the Fit?" game. Pretty much anything you want, within the length limit of the car. I've done:
Lazy Boy
Dresser
Kitchen stove
300 ft rolls of farm fencing
4 hay bales (laid a tarp down first for less mess, hay is like velcro on the carpet)
up to 300 lb of feed sacks from the farm store, multiple times a month
Makes me want one of these cars badly. Seriously.

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The buzzy gearing isn't a problem below 50 mph, which is 95% of my driving.
Imagine if they would just drop a tall 6th gear into it. Instant killer competition for Chevy's Sonic and Cruze. Wouldn't lots of families choose it over a similarly priced Sonic because the hwy FE is similar, the reliability is great, and the cargo area is wildly superior? Honda should pay me!
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See my car's mod & maintenance thread and my electric bicycle's thread for ongoing projects. I will rebuild Black and Green over decades as parts die, until it becomes a different car of roughly the same shape and color. My minimum fuel economy goal is 55 mpg while averaging posted speed limits. I generally top 60 mpg. See also my Honda manual transmission specs thread.



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