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Latest fuel economy stats
for my '98 Firefly 1.0L 5-speed
  best: 2.3 125.1 104.2
 worst: 6.4  44.1  36.8
prev.3: 3.3  82.3  68.6
   all: 3.8  73.4  61.1
L/100km | mpg IMP | mpg US
Jul 28/07: more, graph, calc.
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Latest 10 posts:
1. 100+ Hypermiling / ecodriving tips for better gas mileage
2. Experiment: how long should a block heater be plugged in?
3. Everything old is new again: Car and Driver magazine modifies an econobox to improve MPG
4. Project Convertible XFi: alfresco efficiency
5. The floor is yours: MetroMPG opens a fuel efficiency forum
6. Fleet update
7. Q: How do you get 116 mpg (US) in a Metro XFi? A: Pulse and glide.
8. International heart transplant: the Blackfly gets an XFi cam
9. Mini-experiment: the wrath of roof racks
10. Interview with Ron DeLong, inventor of the ScanGauge
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Good MPG forums: I spend a lot of time at Ecomodder.com and have also been known to lurk around cleanmpg.com.

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NEW: MetroMPG has opened a fuel economy forum
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MetroMPG miscellany 2

Posted Monday, March 27/06 in General

Tach update

Revolutionary feedback ...

Since posting my RPM vs. MPG experiment, I've heard back from a couple of people. Some good points were raised, so I've added their comments to the end of that page.

Jump to Showdown: testing RPM vs. MPG at a fixed speed and scroll to the bottom of the page for the new stuff.

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geek-style freak-out: graphed

MPG charts added - Posted Sunday, February 26/06

The MPG geek-style freak-out continues.

On Friday I dropped by Mark's Metro to see what was new in his ongoing log of Metro ownership. What I found was a wonderful graph detailing his fuel consumption since he got the car last fall. Nice work, Mark!

Being a weak-kneed nerd for "the data" myself, I immediately had one of those "gotta have it!" moments.

So, today I added a new page with similar technicolour MPG roller-coasters representing my two Fireflies, past and present. And right off the bat, you can tell it's better than looking at just numbers.

Oh, the insights I'll glean...

Click for the graphs.

(Note: I've also added a link to the new graph page from the orange "fuel economy stats" box at the top left of each page.)




Ecomodder fuel economy forum NEW: MetroMPG has opened a fuel economy forum
Read about the project here, or go straight to Ecomodder.com.


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