07-15-2013, 05:17 PM
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HA! Nice find.
Look at the rear suspension sag, though. What's he carrying in the back of that thing?? Lead? 
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07-15-2013, 08:38 PM
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Saw this today at work : 
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2000 Honda Insight MT Silverstone Metallic #95 (CAN) 131K mi. 81.7 Lmpg
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Best commute : 130.8 MPG (US) | 157.1 MPG (Imp) | 1.8 L/100Km | 54.84 Km/L
Best Trip : 111.8 MPG (US) | 134.3 MPG (Imp) | 2.1 L/100Km | 47.53 Km/L
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07-15-2013, 11:27 PM
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Nice to have some "insider" info dished out every once in a while. |
My advice is free, so take it for what it's worth lol. But around here at least, that's usually how things work. I'd keep an eye on the Nissan dealerships other used cars, and see if any of them end up at the used car place that has the XFi now. If you see a bunch of them going from the Nissan store to the used guy, then odds are they have some sort of package arrangement set up, and the price on the XFi is just the fishing for a high offer price. 
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07-16-2013, 07:16 PM
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Sure wasn't driving very eco.
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07-17-2013, 09:37 AM
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I thought there was a Geo Metro approaching us. But it sounded very odd, and the white car had a partly-black hood?
Then I read the side of it....
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Visually speaking I dig the moon discs 
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07-17-2013, 01:54 PM
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...and acid...
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07-17-2013, 08:58 PM
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I saw a nice 1985-88 black Chevy Nova today with NewYork plates. I looked it up and it doesn't seem to be an eco-car, however the driver was definitely a seasoned hypermiler. I think i may have come across a member of here or CleanMPG. Why? The guy accelerated really slow in the left lane, and slowly picked up to cruising speed doing 10mph under the speed limit. Drove with load up and down every hill, coasted down to the top of the biggest hill, and engine braked all the way down picking up speed, changed lanes as a red turned green to keep momentum, and coasted then crawled abnormally slowly through a red light change. I barely saw his brake lights at all. Windows down AC off. He saw me in my Insight and gave me a wave as i went the other direction. Didn't care that i was accelerating faster than him while he was in the left lane. Perfect hypermiling if i ever saw it!
I've decided i'm not going to take pictures while i'm driving.
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07-24-2013, 07:35 AM
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Some random Chinese mini truck, street-legal in Uruguay
Chinese minivan in my neighborhood
Brazilian Fiat Uno
Renault Twingo
Brazilian Ford F-1000 from late-80s, local equivalent to the F-250 but with a short bed, converted into a Bronco-ish SUV (the Bronco was never officially-available here), 2WD with a manual transmission and a 4-pot Diesel.
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07-26-2013, 09:27 AM
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07-26-2013, 10:47 PM
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A local university is auctioning off about 30 of their operations vehicles tomorrow, and this was in the pile. 1998 Suzuki clone with 80k kms (50k miles). Love the roof rack! Too bad its an automatic.
The same place also had a 2 door 1998 Tracker 5 speed 4x4 with 108k KMs, but I forgot to get a picture of it. Also on the auction block is this:
1990 Honda Supercub 50cc. It's a JDM deal, I don't think they were ever sold here, at least not in the '90s.
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