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Old 02-05-2008, 08:20 PM   #50 (permalink)
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Location: 1000 Islands, Ontario, Canada
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
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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Oh, sure. The Zap guy get's a "small world" comment, but I'm a stalker!

Agreed - that Miata looks pretty rough. How much does he want for it? (No, I'm not shopping. Just curious.)

A friend of a neighbour bought an early Miata at a junk yard in Toronto for $500 last summer. The owner junked it because it wouldn't pass emissions test, and didn't think it was worth spending money on it.

But it ran. So the new owner drove the %$&$ out of it all the way home from Toronto (350 km) on the highway, and when he took it in to his mechanic, it passed!

And in your forklift pic: now I see the drive motor you thought was a reservoir.
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