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Old 09-13-2008, 02:51 AM   #9 (permalink)
Will
VIVA LA MPG RESISTANCE
 
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Location: Brownsville, Tn
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Meat-roll - '97 Geo Metro
Team Metro
90 day: 55.4 mpg (US)

Wife's Brruik - '03 Buick Century
90 day: 30.84 mpg (US)

Blue Balt - '08 Chevrolet Cobalt XFE
Team Chevy
90 day: 38.19 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
Congrats, Will. So, since you sound surprised, can you put your finger on what happened to get you over the hump, or is it a mystery?
I don't really know. I have stopped any P&G or anything "extreme" and just focused on keeping the gas pedal in one spot. If the car wants to slow down I just let it. With the hills on my commute I have been ranging between 35 mph and 60 mph. People don't seem to like it much, but I think they just assume that a Metro cannot do any better...

I do not know if I will be able to keep this mpg up or not. I do, however, believe that this is the highest I will get without any kind of instrumentation. I have been nailing away at the nut behind the wheel before getting a vac. gauge put in or doing any real mods.
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