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Old 04-21-2021, 11:44 AM   #49 (permalink)
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 54.46 mpg (US)

Appliance car Mirage - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 57.73 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by JSH View Post
My father said the same when square styling died in the 80's. To him from the 90's on all cars became interchangeable jelly beans. He also hated FWD with a passion - but now owns one.
I will never buy an SUV!

(Also: get off my lawn.)

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EDIT: This is the peak of car design to my father

Very nice.

Aside: when my parents moved the family to this tiny eastern Ontario city in the mid-80's, there was a little old lady still driving a lovely baby blue 2-door '65 Pontiac Tempest. If I'm not mistaken, the genesis of the GTO was swapping the mild-mannered 4/6-cyl out of the Tempest and transplanting a 389 V8 from the big Catalina/Bonneville sedans. Coincidentally, my first car was a US market Catalina 4D hardtop with the 389 that someone had imported to Canada.
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