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Daily sports car?

FullMotoJacket said:
Cooper built Twini Minis back in '66.

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Cool to look at but ruined it. Low weight is more important than more hp. If you really want more hp, it's easy to get from one engine.
 
mimico_polak said:
I had a chance to buy a Fit, but ended up with my Gen1 Volt as the owner took months to decide what to do with it.

Literally Sunday driver for 11k or so, with maybe 15k on the odo.

They are great cars. If I lost my Volt today...I'd probably look at one of those.

I'm a little surprised at the fuel consumption. Babying my WRX I was able to get it down to 7-8L/100km, close to 6.5 on the highway in the summer...but really babying it.
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Babying the wife’s Si. This thing just sips the gas if you’re east of the go-pedal!


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mimico_polak said:
That’s right I remember she bought one a while back.

How is she enjoying it? I’ve always had a soft spot for Si sedans.
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She loves it! She rips around in it and constantly jokes that it’s only a matter of time before she loses her license….and I agree!
Car has a little under 14k kms and she still gets a stupid grin on her face when she’s being a hooligan.
 
First time back in a long time. It's unreal how many people are talking about cars that have nothing to do with sports cars in this thread, lol
 
ifiddles said:
I seem to get crappy fuel mileage probably because I drive like 30 km per week (ok, 36 if I use my car for groceries on Saturday)...too much stopping and starting...
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engine needs to get up to operating temp for most fuel efficiency as well.
 
The ECM don’t even start to monitor the systems till after warmup period
 
Evoex said:
engine needs to get up to operating temp for most fuel efficiency as well.
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They also intentionally burn more fuel after start to get cat up to temp quickly. With infrequent short trips, that fuel may substantially affect average mileage as it does nothing useful for moving the car.
 
ToSlow said:
The ECM don’t even start to monitor the systems till after warmup period
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That could be why most of the in-car computers I've seen are always off by a bit. (higher)
 
killvino said:
That could be why most of the in-car computers I've seen are always off by a bit. (higher)
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My newer 5.0 Mustang has a parameter in the engineering mode menu that allows the ECU to apply it against that calculated higher mileage ... if I recall mines at .9xxx. I've got it now where the car's calculated fuel economy is pretty well spot on to my actual fuel economy ... which is to say about 13.7l/100km.
 
LBV said:
My newer 5.0 Mustang has a parameter in the engineering mode menu that allows the ECU to apply it against that calculated higher mileage ... if I recall mines at .9xxx. I've got it now where the car's calculated fuel economy is pretty well spot on to my actual fuel economy ... which is to say about 13.7l/100km.
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Wow that is worse than our camper van

Sent from the future
 
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