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Old 06-05-2023, 03:05 PM   #57 (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)

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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Update!!!!!

Partly no updates because I really haven't been driving much. I went 6 months on one tank before my Feb fill-up this year.

That said, I've been driving it a bit more recently, and just got the best MPG so far, a titch over 70 MPG US / 3.2 L/100 km:






That's covering 830+ km / 516 miles. (Manual MPG calcs were very close to the display, too.)

I've been seeing some crazy good MPG lately. Eg. this was from a 70 km round trip a couple of days ago:




How??

1) Cruising at very moderate speeds on rural roads with speed limits from 70-80 km/h = ~42-50 mph.

2) Unusually HOT ambient temps - 32C = 90 F, with no temptation of MPG-killing AC in this poverty spec Mirage! And I use the block heater to pre-heat the engine year-round.

3) I haven't directly tested them against the stock Enasaves yet, but my butt dyno tells me that the new-to-me Bridgestone Potenza RE92's on the car roll noticeably better than the Dunlops.


(This winter, I scored this set of four barely used RE92s on Mirage rims for two hundred bucks! Same OEM size -- 165/65 R14 -- as the Mirage's stock Dunlop Enasaves.)

4) Almost no traffic, so I can coast F..O..R..E..V..E..R to stops & turns - hardly touch the brakes.

5) A bunch of ecomods.
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