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Old 01-05-2020, 09:23 AM   #56 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 62.14 mpg (US)
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Good ideas. I know it used to be popular to grab the factory air dams off Chevy S-10's to use on other vehicles.

But perfect is the enemy of adequate! Or something like that. I know this cheap, easy airdam already works - ABA tested. I have a feeling a perfectly optimized one would be fairly small improvement.




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Best fill-up to date!

63.4 mpg US = 3.7 L/100 km over 521 miles / 838 km (last bar just started flashing before I filled), calculated at the pump.

New mods added this tank: radio antenna delete (I just moved it inside the car - reception is worse, but good enough); WAI (warm air intake); engine kill switch.

The weather was unusually warm for early January: ranged from roughly -5C to +7C. Note that most (~95%) of my driving is on my usual very MPG-friendly secondary / scenic routes with a max 80 km/h / 50 mph speed limit.
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