Nope, that is a Camry, Corrolla, Taurus, boring looking car if I ever seen one.
51 Mpg? Nice. Of course, cars HAVE been doing that for decades, like the GEO Metro.
Not that cars until now had 8 airbags, bluetooth, back up cameras, and XM radio... with AC, heated seats, and a big AV screen
On the other hand... a 2011 Chevy Cruze Eco, gets 42 freeway, with a turbo, and overdrive.
Why get a new Honda then, that only get 45 freeway, no turbo?
The way I see it, cars should get 50 mpg freeway, or 60... with turbo, and overdrive, 2 door. They should look a bit exciting, be more fun to drive than a Prius, and cost less than 25k.
But no one makes a basic commuter, 2 door, that's great at mpg, and is good looking, and a bit fun to drive (the acceleration of a turbo is a fun feeling, even if it takes a while in exchange for 5 times the gas mileage of a v8, at 1/4 the size engine displacement)
Why didn't the CR-Z (2010 -2016) get better than 36-39? It was even a stick shift!
The original 1988 CRX was 41-49mpg
Or the VW Polo, which we're not allowed to buy because the crash test standards are designed around surviving crashes with SUV's.
ReplyDeletei would like to know why gm stopped making the hybrid tahoe/yukon
ReplyDeleteit added like 5 mpg, and raising a vehicle from 14 to 19 MPg saves the same amount of gas as raising a vehicle from 30 mpg to 50 mpg,
dont believe me? do the math
the Tahoe as a neat design too, they added the electric motor into the transmission, and the battery pack was in place of the spare tire, so there were no major changes to the vehicle, so it as quick and easy to put into production.
I dont have a long commute, i am a mobile technician, and have an employer owned, take home 4wd crew cab. I dont worry about MPG with my personal cars since I only drive them on long trips to visit family or to my shack in the mountains about 100 miles away a couple times a month.
depreciation is the largest expense with almost any vehicle, usually costing alot lot more than fuel, so I figure as long as I buy 8-10 yr old vehicles that have almost bottomed out, the MPG is not so important, so I get full size luxury V-8 4WD SUVs, usually at an auction, put 100K or so on em and sell em, usually for only a couple thousand less than I paid.
Also, one way to get a deal on a vehicle is when you have a friend with new car fever, tell them when they are shopping and the sales weasel at the stealership asks about trading in their current vehicle, to tell the sales weasel you are selling it to your nephew, giving it to your daughter, whatever.
then when the price is finalized on the new car and your about to sign the papers, tell the sales weasel you want to trade it in, and ask what they will offer as a trade in, and tell you friend that you will come to the stealership and hand over that amount in cash.
you can get some great deals that way, instead of the dealer stealing the used car, you get it for that price.
this does NOT work however if you mention up front that you want to trade it in, since the sales weasel will inflate the trade in price instead of reducing the actual sales price of the new car. since most people will think they are getting a large amount for the used car, they forget all about the price of the new one, as long as they monthly payments are affordable.
you mixed that story up about trade ins... but I guess you meant that your friend find out what they'll pay him for the trade in, and you show up and give him that much for it so you get the car, he gets the cash, and a new car, and the dealership doesn't inflate his new car price?
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