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Old 01-08-2020, 01:45 PM   #2318 (permalink)
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
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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YKYAEM when you say this in regular conversation, not as a joke.

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It's SO MUCH FREAKIN NICER TO DRIVE than the Metro or Miata. It's going to spoil me. (You know you're used to inhabiting the bottom of the automotive food chain when getting a loaded Mirage makes you feel like you've finally arrived!
Related: I'm currently on a little road trip to Florida in a friend's 2010 Kia Rio automatic, and YKYAEM when a 2010 Kia Rio automatic feels like a race car compared to your fancy little car.

Now I have ten-year-old Kia Rio envy.
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