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MetroMPG · 02-11-2019, 10:16 PM

So on the current tank of gas, I will have put 10,000 km (~6200 mi.) on the winter beater Metro. That's in just over 2 years, and mostly winter duty.

I was going to say I have a love/hate relationship with this wee beastie, but maybe it's more like a "tolerate/hate" relationship.

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