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Old 11-05-2008, 05:08 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
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Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

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90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

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Well, I was just curious - as the price of fuel is falling, I figured people joining the forum would have more than pure economics as their motivation.

A Sprint would make a good platform for a short-range (light pack weight) runabout. One of the guys who helped me with the ForkenSwift has a Forsa (same as Sprint) conversion. If I recall, they're about 150ish lbs lighter than the 1989-94 Suzukiclones.

There was one available here around the time we started, but it had two major strikes against it: the body wasn't in great shape (rust) and it was an automatic.
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