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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
Fummins (01-23-2022)
Couple of days ago I filled Mirage #3 -- that's its first fill up from a known starting odometer reading.
Worked out to ~53 mpg / 4.5 L/100 km.
Yes, that's only 2 fill-ups since I got the car last June... Because I was driving the crapcan Miata from July-October, and since then have hardly been driving at all, for various reasons.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)
Fummins (01-24-2022)
Fummins (01-24-2022)
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)
Yesterday I did an oil change. It was FREEZING cold, down to probably mid to upper 40's! That's in the sunlight though. In the shade it was like 35°F.
Anywho, I used my oil extractor instead of getting up under the car. It was difficult to get it started because I was evidently pushing the insertion tube too far down and it would curl back up with the opening above the oil. I finally pulled it back to touch right at the bottom of the pan. It took a long time to withdraw the oil. But my son came out and was doing things in the driveway I was assisting him with so I would just check on it every few minutes. Then the oil filter came off by hand, that was nice. It was nice not having to get on the ground.
The car only has 15,000 miles on it. The previous oil change was at 7,500 miles. And over the 7,500 mile oil change interval to 15,000 miles, it appeared like it didn't burn a single drop. It started out just a hair over the full indicator. And when I went to recover the oil and checked the level just before, it was at the same exact place.
So far, so good.
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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.0 mpg (Imp)
MetroMPG (01-24-2022)
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 44.4 mpg (US) ... 18.9 km/L ... 5.3 L/100 km ... 53.3 mpg (Imp)
Good suggestion. But by the time I get to 22,500 miles, I'll have forgotten all about that suggestion. When I finally started getting bubbles, I pushed it in a skosh more, and pulled it back a skosh more, just to make sure I was as much on the bottom as I could be. But still, seems like I added back in far less than what I was expecting.
I'm about to go drive it (haven't drove it since the oil change) and will remeasure whilst I'm out. I'm carryin' the earl jug with me, just in case it needs moe earl.
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View my fuel log 2020 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 42.4 mpg (US) ... 18.0 km/L ... 5.5 L/100 km ... 51.0 mpg (Imp)
I added more washer fluid to mine. I think I'm gonna have to install the lower splash shield that runs along the bottom of the rad support. It's been off since I bought the car and I didn't care about it until I hit a few good puddles over the weekend and the belt or ac compressor started making some attention getting noises. That's a future me problem though.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage SE wussie cvt edition. 1.2 automatic: 37.7 mpg (US) ... 16.0 km/L ... 6.2 L/100 km ... 45.3 mpg (Imp)