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05-12-2007, 1:42 AM
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  Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: La Crosse, Wi
Age: 28 Posts: 3,295
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| Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? My work commute is soon to become over 500 miles a week. I need a great gas mileage car and that is very reliable. I was thinking the new civics but what else is there? I would like to stay away from hybrids because of repair costs just in case. Also, is there a site that really says what a car gets per gallon? Almost all my driving with be interstate. | |
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05-12-2007, 2:48 AM
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| Join Date: 04-13-2007 Location: TEXAS
Bike(s): 2006 CBR 1000RR Age: 57 Posts: 19
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 | Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Honda Civic |
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05-12-2007, 2:24 PM
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| I miss the Islands!!! Join Date: 03-07-2007 Location: Lompoc, California
Bike(s): 2005 1000RR Age: 38 Posts: 1,390
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? I've been looking at the new civic also.... |
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05-12-2007, 2:51 PM
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 Join Date: 06-11-2006 Location: Ontario Canada
Bike(s): Custom painted 1990 Cbr600 F1 Hurricane Age: 21 Posts: 954
Rep: (285) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? My mom commutes alot and she's in love with her Toyota Corolla S, it's not the ballsiest car out there but it's easy on gas |
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05-12-2007, 2:58 PM
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| Join Date: 01-23-2007 Location: Indiana
Bike(s): 2002 CBR600F4i Age: 28 Posts: 3,876
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? have owned both accords and civics, both great cars (just sold my accord with over 200,000 miles on it and it still started every time) |
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05-12-2007, 3:13 PM
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| Join Date: 05-11-2007 Location: Kansas City
Bike(s): Honda CBR 600 F3 Posts: 10
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT SUBARU. Number one in Reliability by consumer reports. The only Car company to have every vehicle recomended by consumer reports and they get great gas mileage. I suggest the Legacy or Impreza. Compare them to the civic. Ten times better. My girlfriend and i both drive them. If you want a good deal Call Jarrod Fitzgearlds at 18164743100 |
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05-12-2007, 3:25 PM
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| Join Date: 01-11-2005 Location: Kansas Citeeeee, MO USA
Bike(s): cbr1000rr in rattle can black Age: 41 Posts: 902
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? I don't know who has had problems with their Prius, but I do know our domestic automakers have launched a serious campaign against them due to patents owned by Toyota and Honda. You'll get several hundred miles per tankful. |
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05-12-2007, 3:37 PM
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 Join Date: 02-11-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa
Bike(s): XRR 'tard, VFR Age: 30 Posts: 2,649
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? The new Camry with a 268hp V6 is still rated at 31mpg on the highway and that is with the new stricter ratings. By the old rating system it would be more like 35-36mpg. That is a very good power to milage ratio. The 4 cyl. Camry is rated at 34mpg, 158 hp The new civics are pretty good as well but are a lot smaller than a Camry. Rated at 140 hp 30 city/38 highway. Pretty decent power to milage ratio. Maybe the best looking of all the comparable cars. I didn't think they looked all that great based on adds but my next door neighbor just bought one and I really like it. The Corolla is rated at 32/41 which is really good, only 126hp though. Kind of ugly. The Subaru's have a lot more power for a standard 4 cyl at 173 but crappy milage. 22 city/29 highway. In Idaho they are a very popular car due to the AWD being standard but the AWD sucks fuel. It is too much parasitic loss. A lot of my friends drove them for ski vehicles. Most of my friends get more like 20/27 for milage. They are sweet cars but even their highest mileage car doesn't get 30 mpg on the highway. (Edit: The Subaru Legacy 2.5i Special Edition with the automatic manages a rating of 23/30.) The Mazda 3 has been improved a lot. I think it has decent looks but not as good as the civic. 156hp with a 26/33 mpg rating. Decent overall ratio for power to milage. Last edited by slickwill : 05-12-2007 at 3:56 PM. |
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05-12-2007, 5:14 PM
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| Stop Snitchin  Join Date: 05-06-2004 Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929 Age: 29 Posts: 12,680
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 | Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? mid-late 90s Tercel |
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05-12-2007, 5:34 PM
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| Join Date: 02-11-2007 Location: Idaho/Iowa
Bike(s): XRR 'tard, VFR Age: 30 Posts: 2,649
Rep: (252) Rep Power: 7
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
 My '96 200SX SE-R is paid for, gets a lot of compliments, handles and drives like a more expensive car and gets 32mpg. | |
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05-12-2007, 6:10 PM
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| Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: La Crosse, Wi
Age: 28 Posts: 3,295
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
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05-12-2007, 6:14 PM
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| Join Date: 12-29-2001 Location: La Crosse, Wi
Age: 28 Posts: 3,295
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? What about a 3 cyl geo metro? can even get a convertible with 70k miles for like 2 gs. sweet |
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05-12-2007, 6:20 PM
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| Join Date: 09-23-2006 Location: Davenport, IA
Bike(s): 2005 Triumph Sprint ST Age: 27 Posts: 66
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Year old Impala. You can get one cheap, decent mileage, decent power. Reliable. That's what I have for a company car. 04 Impala with 138K miles. Works fine for commuting. |
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05-13-2007, 1:33 AM
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| Stop Snitchin Join Date: 05-06-2004 Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929 Age: 29 Posts: 12,680
Rep: (1088) Rep Power: 28
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
I was just kind of throwing that out to see what people would say but it fits your criteria of great gas mileage and is reliable. I know on a 96 the front end tends to get a little light at 70mph but not really a problem. should be real cheap to buy and maintain. | |
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05-13-2007, 10:48 AM
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| Join Date: 09-01-2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA, Earth, Milky Way galaxy
Bike(s): 2001 929RR Erion Age: 41 Posts: 4,419
Rep: (123) Rep Power: 0
 | Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? I actually had a geo for a while to just get me to and from work since it's a 55 mile a day round trip. It was a great little car. Had a Subaru engine in it I believe. Body went to hell but it continued to run great. Saturns are good too for gas mileage. |
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05-13-2007, 11:29 AM
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| Join Date: 03-12-2007 Location: ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK
Bike(s): 96 CBR 900 RR CAMEL BIKE / 84 MAGNA Posts: 4
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? why gasoline??? we have diesel jettas 600 miles on 12 gallons i would suggest a stick shift and a computer upgrade with that done it smokesem in 1st barks them into second plus you can go to grease car dot com add the veggie oil kit adn never go to a pump 900 cbr rr camel joe bike |
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05-15-2007, 2:47 PM
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| With lecture I puncture the structure of lies  Join Date: 11-14-2005 Location: New York City
Bike(s): 01 929, 82 V45 Sabre, 06 RC-51 Age: 40 Posts: 2,114
Rep: (120) Rep Power: 7
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Get a leftover GTO...Gas mileage is overrated, but speed is forever! |
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05-15-2007, 3:00 PM
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| Carolina Kracker  Join Date: 10-05-2005 Location: Elizabeth City NC US
Bike(s): 06 CBR1000rr, 05 CBR1000RR Repsol Edition(stolen) Age: 26 Posts: 4,696
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? i like the gto's |
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05-15-2007, 3:04 PM
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| Join Date: 01-09-2007 Location: Southeast MI
Bike(s): '96 CBR600 F3 Matte Black Age: 23 Posts: 216
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
I have a Geo Tracker 4 cyl for sale if you want it! $300 out the door! just come get it, let's say... tomorrow!  | |
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05-15-2007, 3:04 PM
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| Join Date: 09-01-2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA, Earth, Milky Way galaxy
Bike(s): 2001 929RR Erion Age: 41 Posts: 4,419
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? |
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05-15-2007, 3:05 PM
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| Join Date: 09-01-2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA, Earth, Milky Way galaxy
Bike(s): 2001 929RR Erion Age: 41 Posts: 4,419
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
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05-15-2007, 3:12 PM
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| Carolina Kracker Join Date: 10-05-2005 Location: Elizabeth City NC US
Bike(s): 06 CBR1000rr, 05 CBR1000RR Repsol Edition(stolen) Age: 26 Posts: 4,696
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
that is the same bodystyle as my dads neighbors that i want. its a hard top though and the rear is tubbed and its got a roll cage. but it does have the factory interrior other than the passenger and driver seat however it may be a clone, i am not sure Last edited by Quick 26 : 05-15-2007 at 3:28 PM. | |
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05-15-2007, 3:25 PM
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| With lecture I puncture the structure of lies Join Date: 11-14-2005 Location: New York City
Bike(s): 01 929, 82 V45 Sabre, 06 RC-51 Age: 40 Posts: 2,114
Rep: (120) Rep Power: 7
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Porsche...There is no substitute... OK, actually, if I was looking at the gas mileage AND interstate comfort thing, I might consider a mid-size Audi/VW diesel (A-3 hatchback, Golf, etc)...I wouldn't normally do that, but in your neck of the woods there will be lots of fuel stations with diesel available, and they are comfy and get good mileage...Thay are also bulletproof! |
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05-15-2007, 3:33 PM
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| Stop Snitchin Join Date: 05-06-2004 Location: Randolph, MA
Bike(s): 01 R/B 929 Age: 29 Posts: 12,680
Rep: (1088) Rep Power: 28
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
why would someone try to assassinate Stegen? | |
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05-15-2007, 3:34 PM
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 Join Date: 06-15-2006 Location: Blackstone, MA, USA
Bike(s): 1997 CBR900RR Posts: 228
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? My primary commuting car is my wife's 2002 Civic EX coupe. It has 90K miles and gets 35-40mpg, highway. It's also had no major problems AT ALL! The only maintenance we've done is the routine, plus a new set of tires at 65K. He''l we're still on the original brakes, at 90K and I'm pretty hard on brakes. My commute is 105 miles round-trip, so I'm in the same boat. |
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05-15-2007, 3:36 PM
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| Join Date: 09-01-2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA, Earth, Milky Way galaxy
Bike(s): 2001 929RR Erion Age: 41 Posts: 4,419
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? just ride the bike.  |
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05-15-2007, 3:43 PM
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| Join Date: 03-10-2005 Location: SW FLA.
Bike(s): '02 CBR 954RR Posts: 11
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| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
You can use the site to compare cars side-by-side  I love my '98 Dodge Neon R/T - light, quick (enough), great handling, and 28+ MPG in town. You can pick them up for a song. | |
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05-15-2007, 4:34 PM
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| Join Date: 09-01-2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN, USA, Earth, Milky Way galaxy
Bike(s): 2001 929RR Erion Age: 41 Posts: 4,419
Rep: (123) Rep Power: 0
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? here ya go. |
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05-16-2007, 2:04 AM
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| Join Date: 06-11-2006 Location: Ontario Canada
Bike(s): Custom painted 1990 Cbr600 F1 Hurricane Age: 21 Posts: 954
Rep: (285) Rep Power: 6
| Re: Need a car that has great Gas mileage and is reliable, recommendations? Quote:
 why wouldnt i try to? I mean someone..why wouldnt someone.. | |
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