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Old 09-13-2021, 05:56 PM   #388 (permalink)
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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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53 MPG

52.9 MPG on the latest fill.

And that's the car's first complete fill of 2021. (Unfortunately, August was de-railed by a family emergency, so I haven't been using the car much.)

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Originally Posted by GJKH View Post
Excellent, best fuel economy I ever heard of in a Miata. The best I returned in my 1991 was 36 mpg. Not bad, considering the gearing.

Thanks!


Yeah, the gearing is atrocious for MPG. Great fun for accelerating / shifting, though. It's almost criminal to skip shift this car.

Anyway, I'm already running larger than stock wheels/tires on the back to address gearing, but I'm on the lookout for an even slightly larger set. I have a couple of friends with Priuses - the ones with 195/65R15 Ecopias. When they're ready to replace them, I'll snag some used ones.
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