Why do I still hang around here?
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Yeah, remove all the modern convienence and safety BS and you'll be at least partially there. A 3-cylinder metro weighs in the 1700 pound range, the Fit is in the 2500-2600 range. So shave off about a third of the weight and that should help- airbags, extra speakers, sound deadening, all that plastic in the engine bay, etc.
In my experience (with this current project), jack rabbit starts don't do much to your MPGs either. I can gun the hell out of the Metro at stoplights getting back up to cruising speed. What really makes a difference is what your cruising MPGs are. Increase those and your overall MPG goes up. So, the 15seconds I spend getting 20 MPG don't really harm me since I am driving the next 5 minutes at 55MPG.
Of course, I have the Metro stripped anyway! Can't trust those damn Mythbusters <G>...
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