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Old 04-13-2009, 10:16 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Blackfly - '98 Geo Metro
Team Metro
Last 3: 70.09 mpg (US)

MPGiata - '90 Mazda Miata
90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
90 day: 70.75 mpg (US)

Appliance car - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage ES (base)
90 day: 52.48 mpg (US)
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I am here sitting in class (teaching) and when I read that I literally laughed out loud.
That was pretty good.

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I am (was) very active on clubfrontier.org and my wife often thinks it strange that I consider people I have never met my friends!
Heck, I started this forum with a guy I'd only ever known online. (Wouldn't call him a friend though! )

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Glad you're leaning towards the manual. Anyone with a genuine interest in better fuel economy will be able to vastly outperform an automatic version of the same car even if the EPA favours the autobox.
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