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    Just recently I was annoyed at my mileage and set out to improve it. On flat Ontario roads over a trip of about 50kms, with winter tires, and ZERO hypermiling techniques I got 70 mpg, 24.7km/l. or 4.0/100km.


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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2017 Mirage ES PLus 1.2 manual: 39.0 mpg (US) ... 16.6 km/L ... 6.0 L/100 km ... 46.8 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wallythacker View Post
    Just recently I was annoyed at my mileage and set out to improve it. On flat Ontario roads over a trip of about 50kms, with winter tires, and ZERO hypermiling techniques I got 70 mpg, 24.7km/l. or 4.0/100km.
    70 mpg and not even pulse and glide?!!? holy ****

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daso View Post
    70 mpg and not even pulse and glide?!!? holy ****
    It totally blew me away. I had 3 sources to compare and verify. The onboard computer, my scanguage and Torque Lite on my smartphone.
    Zero, 2014 ES Plus 5MT, written off but not forgotten.
    Zero II, 2014 SE, 5MT, climate She's HOME now!
    Shelby AKA "Cute", 2017 ES 5MT, A/C.

    Mirage owners look at the world differently than everyone else, but in a better way
    We're driving the Beetle of the 21st century, the greatest small car now available!

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2017 Mirage ES PLus 1.2 manual: 39.0 mpg (US) ... 16.6 km/L ... 6.0 L/100 km ... 46.8 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Wallythacker View Post
    Just recently I was annoyed at my mileage and set out to improve it. On flat Ontario roads over a trip of about 50kms, with winter tires, and ZERO hypermiling techniques I got 70 mpg, 24.7km/l. or 4.0/100km.
    Headed Eastbound? Sounds like tailwind numbers.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2015 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 49.6 mpg (US) ... 21.1 km/L ... 4.7 L/100 km ... 59.5 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Eggman View Post
    Headed Eastbound? Sounds like tailwind numbers.
    I really wish I knew! I'm attributing the high mileage to passing under the Welland Canal twice. Some mystic forces were hard at work for me. In reality, the conditions were perfect, about 68F, cool night air, zero traffic so I could choose my pace without getting run over. It was a run that I needed for more than testing my Mirage for mpg numbers. I felt great after the run. My little car came through like a champ.
    Zero, 2014 ES Plus 5MT, written off but not forgotten.
    Zero II, 2014 SE, 5MT, climate She's HOME now!
    Shelby AKA "Cute", 2017 ES 5MT, A/C.

    Mirage owners look at the world differently than everyone else, but in a better way
    We're driving the Beetle of the 21st century, the greatest small car now available!

        __________________________________________

        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2017 Mirage ES PLus 1.2 manual: 39.0 mpg (US) ... 16.6 km/L ... 6.0 L/100 km ... 46.8 mpg (Imp)


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    Quote Originally Posted by Daso View Post
    70 mpg and not even pulse and glide?!!? holy ****
    70 British MPG, methinks, ol' chap?

    4.0 L/100 km = 59 MPG US = 70 MPG UK.

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    IF YOU LEAVE THE KEY SET TO OFF OR ACCESSORY, not only do you risk your steering locking
    Haha - not in my Mirage! There is no physical steering lock, period. The last car I had with no steering lock was my first car - a 1964 Pontiac Catalina. From an era when there was no property crime! No shifter lock either (and it was an automatic).

    That means if you leave your manual Mirage unlocked, anybody could roll it away while steering to make a clean getaway.

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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


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    I'm in the club!

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    ^ 165 km round trip this weekend.

    -10 C (14 F) start, -5 C by mid-day. Mostly on back roads with next to no traffic, flat-ish terrain, 80 km/h = 50 mph limit. Dry conditions, light wind @ ~10 km/h.

    My average cruising speed was around the limit, OK, mostly a little bit less, especially before the drivetrain warmed up. (Need a block heater!) Coolant temp dropped down to about 90F while parked before the return leg.

    Car has an impressive amount of cardboard & coroplast taped/zip tied to it right now. Otherwise, those numbers wouldn't have happened in these temperatures.


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        click to view fuel log View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 63.2 mpg (US) ... 26.9 km/L ... 3.7 L/100 km ... 75.9 mpg (Imp)


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