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Old 06-21-2020, 09:58 PM   #79 (permalink)
jcp123
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Beater Echo - '00 Toyota Echo
90 day: 42.67 mpg (US)

Hondizzle - '97 Honda Civic DX
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90 day: 46.55 mpg (US)

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Originally Posted by MetroMPG View Post
What did I do to my car today*? I kicked the Metro to the curb!!




(* Actually a few days ago.)


AS IS SPECIAL! I picked up this cheap 2014 Mirage (my second) that was traded 11 months ago at an Ottawa Chrysler/Jeep dealership. What... nobody was interested in a funny little 3-cylinder, manual transmission car at the SUV store? Talk about lot poison. After watching them attempt for months to sell it at a delusionally high asking price, they finally got realistic and put it on sale, so I bit.

I'm enjoying it immensely after driving the Metro for the past 6(?) weeks or so. It feels like the height of refinement & sophistication. Reminds me of the joke, "Sir, why are you hitting your head against that wall? Answer: because it feels so good when I stop!"

Temporary reprieve, though:

It's just on a 10-day travel permit, after which I will park it until winter duty.

I will start a dedicated thread for it.
Nice! I shop these now and again. I am going to make my Civic the winter car when I move up to NY, and when it disintegrates, a Mirage is a likely candidate for road salt duty.
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'97 Honda Civic DX Coupe 5MT - dead 2/23
'00 Echo - dead 2/17
'14 Chrysler Town + Country - My DD, for now
'67 Mustang Convertible - gone 1/17
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