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Old 11-16-2014, 08:07 PM   #661 (permalink)
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A friend of mine just picked this up. He's known the car for 20+ years and it was finally time for it to get a new home. It's right out of the '80s, Volvo widened rims, a fuel injected cylinder head swap on the 1.8L etc. He threw his shoulder out so I got to drive it around the other day. Don't know how F.E. friendly a 1965 Volvo 1.8L with dual SU carbs is, but man it was a blast to drive around in! I'll err on the side of saying a vintage Volvo is an eco ride, and if not then at least it looks cool!




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Old 11-16-2014, 08:28 PM   #662 (permalink)
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My Grandpa brought a new P445 wagon back from Sweden back in the day. I was told it was one of only two in the entire state. I thought it was off-the-charts cool and was LIVID when I heard he sold it without consulting me first! His reasoning was that parts were getting too hard to find (pre-internet days).

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Driving down the road today I saw a car show going on and decided to check it out. The show was put on by a local Mustang owners club.

Walking through the cars I spotted this...

1975 Ford Mustang II MPG Hatchback





He purchased it new when he was 18. Unfortunately, I was only able to talk to the owner for a moment as they were starting to have the award meeting. He did say that the "MPG" model was only available in 1975 as a option and that it had a lower rear end ratio.
edit: 3.18:1 rear-axle ratio (standard was 3.40:1)


According to what I can find on the web.





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What about the 1976 Plymouth Feather Duster and Dodge Dart Lite. With the 4 speed manual they were rated 36mpg highway.
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The Feather Duster included aluminum replacements for the inner hood, trunk bracing, bumper brackets, and intake manifold, cutting weight by 180 lb (around 5%). It had a smaller single barrel carburetor, economy distributor calibration, large exhaust, and a 2.8:1 rear axle ratio, with a choice of three-speed automatic or four-speed overdrive manual transmission.

While acceleration was compromised, the Feather Duster was now rated at 22 mpg city, 31 highway with the automatic (a stunning 24 city, 36 highway with the manual), and was larger inside than many other economy cars, though acceleration took a hit. The Feather Duster was a fine alternative to the extra-slow Japanese imports that customers were waiting to buy, at list price; or at least it would have been, had more people considered it over the quick-rusting Coronas, Civics, and Datsuns of the time.
To me this looks a lot better then the mustang II and the slant 6 Mopar is bullet proof.

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Old 11-17-2014, 09:53 AM   #664 (permalink)
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I'm not a Mopar fan but if I had access to a Feather Duster, I'd sell the Subaru and snatch it up.

I AM a bit of a Ford fan but haven't had any kind of mileage success with any Ford product I've ever driven - granted they've mostly been vans and buses - and so would be inclined to pass the Mustang MPG up for something else.
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Old 11-18-2014, 12:22 PM   #665 (permalink)
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saw my second i3 in the wild in Vancouver. first i could snap a picture of.


we're a pretty rich eco-chic city. I see multiple Tesla's every day, but the i3 is still rare
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Vancouver? I like the way the wheels look spinning - almost moon discs.

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My buddy and his son got a ride in a fancy eco car this weekend:

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Did he tell him he was 'tailgunner"?
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The i3 is appearing around here a bit more quickly than other EV's. They only just got introduced, and that is with some production slowdowns due to carbon fiber supply issues, as I understand it.

The i3 is the highest efficiency car sold in North America, at the moment.
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Thenorm, if you want to see a lot of those i3's, take your life into your hands and drive around Richmond for an hour. They seem to have caught on here. Ironically, there is a Mitsubishi dealer in town and I see fewer Mirages than i3's.
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Thenorm, if you want to see a lot of those i3's, take your life into your hands and drive around Richmond for an hour. They seem to have caught on here. Ironically, there is a Mitsubishi dealer in town and I see fewer Mirages than i3's.
I work in Richmond near 5 Rd and Steveston, still haven't seen many.

Funny thing about taking my life into my hands. On Friday we tried to go for lunch at Richmond centre, forgetting that it was black Friday. It was madness. As a rule I try to avoid 3 road like the plague.

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