Yep, speed sensitive wipers. Wish I could have trained her indoors to speed up.:smile-new:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
Yep, speed sensitive wipers. Wish I could have trained her indoors to speed up.:smile-new:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
It mystifies me one market gets a unique feature and others get something else entirely. Maybe Mitsubishi believes leather would simply hold up better in mild weathered England vs the blarring Vietnam-esque jungle heat we experience here in Atlanta and in much of the states. Do you try out the automatic transmission Mirage out of curiosty by chance?Quote:
Originally Posted by itschad
Ha ha cheeky rogue!Quote:
Originally Posted by itschad
My old woman's a bubble (Greek) over there my brother-in-law rubs his dashboard down with vaseline, other Greeks do it too. In Athens and Cyprus it gets really hot so a few give it the vaseline treatment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
Of course his old woman moaned, "you never rub me down":smile-new:
Greek eh? And here I thought their specialty was buggery lol. I too have a Mediterranean queen, she's the classic Irish/Italian New York city blend. Everytime we watch The Godfather I have to talk to her in Marlon Brando's voice for a week, drives her crazy.Quote:
Originally Posted by itschad
They invented it...........apparently. Population in Greece falls dramatically as we speak.:smile-new:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
Oh man, I just love everything Italian, food, music (opera) architecture and especially Roman history. It does it for me, big time. Oh, I forgot, the ladies too.
Romans founded London didnt they? Londinium I believe. Its funny because here in Atlanta, Georgia the real estate agents love to sell property in "historic areas", as in the gas station across the street was built in 1987.Quote:
Originally Posted by itschad
Yes they did in 43 AD as a settlement, they always used a site near a river, in this case the River Thames. They built a bridge just to the west of where London Bridge is now, they then later encircled Londinium with a wall some of which still remain. There were 7 gates to the wall. Bishopsgate, Ludgate, Cripplegate, Newgate, Aldersgate, Aldgate and later Moorgate. All of which are stacked with history to this day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dirk Diggler
You forgot to mention: roof rack removed! I'd bet that was the single biggest factor affecting your MPG.Quote:
Originally Posted by Codylehr23
I did a test on my 1.0L 3-cylinder Metro (Firefly), and an empty rack like yours reduced my MPG by ~12% at 50 mph. The effect gets exponentially worse the faster you go. Eggman wasn't kidding: roof racks wreck fuel economy. They increase both drag AND frontal area.
https://metrompg.com/posts/roof-racks.htm
So I'm in Canada and just bought a 2024 Mirage GT based on the claims of the fuel efficiency and not wanting to have a second car being a major emitter (our other is a hybrid Tucson).
I have 1300 kms on the car now since September and I am not seeing anything near advertised claims of fuel efficiency. I'm driving it like a baby keeping the eco light on as much as possible. No wind. No racks. No reason. Not that many hills. Tires are inflated. We hardly drive the thing and never idle it.
I'm averaging around 300 km to a tank, maybe 340 if I push it. It's a 35 L tank. That's work than 10 Litres per 100/km. I dont know how that translates to MPG but There are 4 litres in a gallon so I guess that works out to 24 mpg or so. The car was advertised to give 6.6 L/100 KM in the city, 5.6L/100 KM on the highway, and 6.2L/100 KM combined with CVT. Currently my Hybrid Tucson is outperforming this little car even with racks, roof box, and dare I say it, towing a 1200 lbs trailer behind it. It's criminal!
Is there anything one can do when you are getting about half the advertised mileage on a brand new car?
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Originally Posted by Codylehr23