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04-18-2011, 02:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 394 Times in 262 Posts	First in Class at 2011 Green Grand Prix! With my brother Steve navigating, we took First in Class for Class 2, at 57.21 mpg. For some reason, I'm feeling proud.... All that hard work paid of!! __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.

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04-18-2011, 03:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
zonker 500 Mile Metro Traveler Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sun City, CA Posts: 183 '89 Dakota LB - blue - '89 Dodge Dakota V6 LE 90 day: 19.8 mpg (US) '17 Fiat 124 - SunFiat - '17 Fiat 124 Spider Classica 90 day: 30.51 mpg (US) '89 Metro - The Egg - '89 Geo Metro Base 90 day: 50.71 mpg (US) '94 Alto - The Box - '94 Suzuki Alto Ce-L 90 day: 39.5 mpg (US) Thanks: 14 Thanked 13 Times in 10 Posts	congrats!!!

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Well done indeed! Looks like you blew away last years highest in class II. At what point would they have considered a vehicle needing to be in a modified catagory?

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04-19-2011, 07:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
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With my brother Steve navigating, we took First in Class for Class 2, at 57.21 mpg. For some reason, I'm feeling proud.... All that hard work paid of!!

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