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Old 05-19-2018, 01:16 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Chorizo - '00 Honda Civic HX, baby! :D
90 day: 35.35 mpg (US)

Mid-Life Crisis Fighter - '99 Honda Accord LX
90 day: 34.2 mpg (US)

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90 day: 35.39 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy View Post
Will you be fixing up the Accord for keeps then?
The first time that I drove the Accord after my brother walked on it I kept hearing something that sounded a great deal like a flexing roof, but I have not heard it since. I do not have any idea what to do but shrug off an anomaly. That means that all that it needs is:

1. Timing belt replacement
2. New catalytic converter
3. Fixing the OBD-II port (I may just need to re-secure it)
4. Try to pull some more dents from the roof.

There may be other things, but that is all that I recall.

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Originally Posted by mpg_numbers_guy View Post
How about a Metro?
Not even Metro recommended a Metro!

There are only five in the state and this is the least expensive: https://phoenix.craigslist.org/evl/c...570297596.html
1992 LSI manual convertible for $1,850. How do you even put a convertible on the template?!

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Confused! How is it even starting if it's got 2 dead cylinders? It must be running like a paint shaker!
I feel that I need to perform a leakdown test to properly answer that. The mechanic said that if it did not hold compression the car would not idle. I imagine that I would have seen non-zero numbers for all cylinders if I had anyone to sit in the driver's seat, but by the time that I got out of the seat, around the door, and under the hood, it read zero. I could try again, with the Autozone gauge propped up with a wooden clamp so I could see it from the driver's seat if that would make you happy--or set up my tripod and record video.
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