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Old 04-05-2009, 10:31 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Sweetwater, TN
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The Green Hornet - '96 Ford Escort Wagon LX
90 day: 39.26 mpg (US)

The Red Rocket - '96 Geo Metro Base
90 day: 53.07 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
I'm thinking back to the heady days of the Hyundai Excel, whose AC was welcome in our balmy, sticky summers but I still had to turn off when approaching hills if I wanted to top them before lunchtime...

Did I mention I live in the foothills of the Appalachians? It's nothing but hills around here. And do I miss said Hyundai, and its tiny no-guts engine? Oh, no.
Preaching to the choir on the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. I have to kill the AC in the Geo on some of the long hills here. The escort actually has enough power to pull all hills with ac on. Where are you exactly? I'm in Sweetwater.
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