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Old 03-20-2010, 09:28 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Long overdue intro

Hey I'm Devon as you more than likely guessed. Found this forum I shortly after it started but was never very active. Been visiting the site a bit more often now after deciding to move out of the city and doing a 150 round trip to work everyday.

I share a 2000 Nissan Altima with my fiancée and get around 23 mpg on average or if its all highway I can stretch that to 26 (dead on for what its rated for) but would like to improve that. Would love to have an electric car to do the trip in but doesn't look possible in my budget. Tried reading the ReVolt thread but miles over my head. Since coming back on here thought the though is in my head of areomoding a metro/firefly/swift to death after seeing what can be done with it. I'd live with the looks I'd get to break the 100mpg barrier.

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Old 03-20-2010, 10:09 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Some advice. Buy your Geo NOW! Gas prices are on the rise and i've watched 500 dollar cars turn into 800-1000 dollar cars in just a few months.
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Old 03-20-2010, 07:52 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Last 3: 13.56 mpg (US)

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90 day: 13.05 mpg (US)

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"Welcome" to the site finally Devon, hope you can get your 100mpg and let us know how you got it so we can do the same
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Old 03-20-2010, 08:46 PM   #4 (permalink)
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90 day: 52.71 mpg (US)

Even Fancier Metro - '14 Mitsubishi Mirage top spec
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Welcome, Devon.

Where are you in NS? I was in your neck of the woods all last winter - Lunenburg. (In my other life I'm a tall ship nerd with a few connections to that place.) Last summer I did the Nova Scotia tall ship tour.

Would you consider an older Golf/Jetta diesel? They'd be good high MPG highway cruisers too.

Then again, just about any small displacement engine can be if, as you say, you're willing to aeromod the thing to the extreme.

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Old 03-20-2010, 09:09 PM   #5 (permalink)
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"Welcome" to the site finally Devon, hope you can get your 100mpg and let us know how you got it so we can do the same


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Originally Posted by http://ecomodder.com/blog/ecomodder-takes-home-awards-amec-fuel-economy-run/
I took home the 3rd place prize, with 83 mpg in my 91 Honda CRX, with my EcoModder co-founder Darin taking second place with a very impressive 106 mpg in his Pontiac Firefly (Geo Metro). The 1st prize went to Chang Ho Kim in his aeromodded 89 CRX, which shocked everyone with 118 mpg in his first fuel economy competition.

I guess it can be done.
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Old 03-20-2010, 09:12 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Welcome, Devon.

Where are you in NS? I was in your neck of the woods all last winter - Lunenburg. (In my other life I'm a tall ship nerd with a few connections to that place.) Last summer I did the Nova Scotia tall ship tour.

Would you consider an older Golf/Jetta diesel? They'd be good high MPG highway cruisers too.

Then again, just about any small displacement engine can be if, as you say, you're willing to aeromod the thing to the extreme.

Darin
Moving to Western Shore next month (Between Chester and Mahone Bay), commuting to Halifax
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Old 03-28-2010, 08:37 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I was in / through Chester and Mahone Bay a bunch of times over last winter (always liked taking the Lighthouse route instead of the highway).

It's a really nice spot - the geography actually reminds me a lot of the 1000 Islands area.

There's a local old timer around here with a Chester-built wooden schooner, originally registered in Lunenburg.

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Ecodriving test: Manual vs. automatic transmission MPG showdown



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