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cowboyrps13
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Car: 89 camaro, 89 240 hatch

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:help what the title says, but it HAS to be good on gas, and im tire of putting miles on my 240:( driving around 80 miles a day, about 5 times a week is hurting my car, i was wonderin if anybody has any good suggestions, i want to keep the price of the car under 4 grand preferably, ive been looking at hondas, nissans, toyota, i was wondering if older volvos were good on gas, i know theyre tanks, but thats not what im looking for, thanks for any help.

Tyler


lessthanjakejohn
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toyota tercel

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fiznat
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saturns are real good on gas, plus theyre cheap to buy and cheap on insurance

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cowboyrps13
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yeah i was looking at saturn too, i forgot about those, are they generally reliable?

SeVa-S13
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B13 Sentra SE-R.

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Mr1der
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Car: It's still not a Nissan...
Location: Lebanon TN

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vovlvo and gas mileage usually don't go together.

I'd recommend a second gen Integra, fun to drive and get about 30 to the gallon with reasonable driving.

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SmithSR
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But Integra is high on the theft target list. If you parked a clean Teg on the street at night around here, consider it gone. Hell, the local Honda dealer has had tegs on the lot that have been broken into, started, driven to the back of the lot, and stripped on site of all interior pieces, seats, wheels, what have you...

I vote Sentra, any of 'em. That, or an old pimpin Stanza.

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Mr1der
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ah yes the stanza....

oh, theft also depends on the location, I can't remember what was on top of the list here, but I'm sure it was a domestic truck, hell, I think the accord was the only one in the top ten to not be a domestic this year.

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skydragoness
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92' 240sx 60k survivor :)
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SeVa-S13 wrote:B13 Sentra SE-R.


just a regular b13 would be more bulletproof (se-r's have some issues) and i know a guy in PA with a gti-r sr20det-powered b13 se-r and has a beater b13 as a daily driver. has 240k on it. (5spd of course) and the guy is a b13 enthusiast. So i suppose that's why it runs still.

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Jesda
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Something to just beat on as a side car?

Infiniti G20.Infiniti M30.Maxima.

Forget Volvo. Smooth but steering is limp wristed and numb.

-Jesda

lookatme!
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I'd go for a Geo storm. I had one, GREAT gas mileage, lots of mods you can do and they're cute...


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