Dirk Diggler (06-25-2019)
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?
itschad (06-25-2019)
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.
Dirk Diggler (06-26-2019)
You forgot to mention: roof rack removed! I'd bet that was the single biggest factor affecting your MPG.
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
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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)
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?