Woot! I just increased my gas mileage from 16 to 37

[iGary]

What year? My parents' '96 civic doesn't get quite that much on the highway.

2001. Poor girl has almost 100,000 on her. Still tip-top, but so many miles.

 

[iGary]

7) So much camber it appears that the wheels are about to break off.
8) Expensive 18" rims on the back, rusty old 13" steel rims on the front

9) Peel off flame, tiger and leapord stickers.
10) Blank CD hanging from rear view mirror.
11) 200-pound subwoofer in back seat.

 

[dubbz]

Anyway, what's all this to do with Macs??!!!

Nothing at all. Which is why it's in Community Discussion and not Buying Tips, Advice and Discussion

 

[Roger1]

Glad you got a car you like. I used to have a Jeep Cherokee Sport, and I got around 24 m.p.g on the highway. That was with the 5-speed though. I miss is sometime. I currently drive a ford Taurus (sigh). I get between 24-31 m.p.g, depending on my driving. My favorite car(s) of all time was my Eagle Talon (31 m.p.g-at about 90 mph) and my Ford Festiva (42 m.p.g-it couldn't reach 90 mph- I tried). Oh well.

 

[aquajet]

2001. Poor girl has almost 100,000 on her. Still tip-top, but so many miles.

Must have the manual tranny?

 

[revisionA]

I get 24/30 in my 2004 Toyota Celica GTS ... helps me that its lowered, with a nice loud exhaust and CAI, headers and the lovely deep bored 4 cyl that punches 180hp not counting the various mods.

Someone almost ruined my holiday, and hit my hood when I was shopping, but a friend of mine knew a body guy and we got it 95% of the way back to normal using a block of wood, a sledgehammer and two peoples hands.

Sweet.

$

 

[iGary]

Must have the manual tranny?

Yep. Original clutch.

I usually get about 200-250 thousand out of my Hondas. This is my third.

 

[mopppish]

I plan on trying to get a hybrid once I graduate from college (for economical and ethical reasons- SOMEONE'S got to start worrying about their emissions, right?), but for now I'm too poor for insurance and gas costs, so I've leant my 2000 Saturn LS2 to a friend that was in need. She and I are splitting maintenance costs, and I'm actually really enjoying getting around town on foot or by bike. I usually don't need to leave the confines of my little town, so it's not particilarly inconvenient. In fact, it's rather liberating!

 

[yellow]

I have the same Liberty and the ****** gas milage is killing me. I'm about ] [ this close to selling it and getting a new car with decent gas milage. I'm sick of spending $70 a week on gas.

 

[Lau]

9) Peel off flame, tiger and leapord stickers.
10) Blank CD hanging from rear view mirror.
11) 200-pound subwoofer in back seat.

12) Neon lights lighting up the underneath
13) Tinted windows
14) Numberplate in "exciting" font

You can tell I grew up in Southend-on-Sea. Rahnd and rahnd dahn the seefrunt!

 

[iGary]

I have the same Liberty and the ****** gas milage is killing me. I'm about ] [ this close to selling it and getting a new car with decent gas milage. I'm sick of spending $70 a week on gas.

I rented a Liberty out in Monterey, CA and was pleasnatly surprised by the gas mileage.

 

[Roger1]

12) Neon lights lighting up the underneath
13) Tinted windows
14) Numberplate in "exciting" font

You can tell I grew up in Southend-on-Sea. Rahnd and rahnd dahn the seefrunt!

15) Type "R" stickers

 

[aquajet]

15) Type "R" stickers

16) Acura emblem on a Honda

 

[sushi]

Yup, I just took my 2002 Jeep Liberty V6 and even traded it (plus a few hundred bucks back to me) for a 2002 Honda Civic LX. Both have equal miles and are both in perfect condition. I ended up getting the deal I wanted after they offered me the opportunity to give them $3000.00 for the Honda and take my Jeep. I guess that's what happens when you wear them down for 1/2 the day.

Anyhow... My Jeep needed gas once per week... The new (used) car will only require me to fill up once every 2.5 to 3 weeks. (per my calcs)

Fantastic. Fun saving $ at the gas pump as well.

Just think, you could invest the $ you save on gas to start a nice nest egg.

 

[yellow]

I rented a Liberty out in Monterey, CA and was pleasnatly surprised by the gas mileage.

I do a lot of highway driving and I get ~17.4MPG on average. That's piss poor considering I live 30+ miles from where I work.

 

[iSaint]

7) So much camber it appears that the wheels are about to break off.
8) Expensive 18" rims on the back, rusty old 13" steel rims on the front

9) one or more mini-spares in use

 

[iGary]

9) one or more mini-spares in use

LMFAO

"One or more."

10) Blistered stick-on tinted windows.
11) Custom airbrushed scrollwork.

 

[Lau]

12) Neon lights lighting up the underneath
13) Tinted windows
14) Numberplate in "exciting" font

10) Blistered stick-on tinted windows.
11) Custom airbrushed scrollwork.

Hell of a way to find out you're on iGary's Ignore list.

 

[iGary]

Hell of a way to find out you're on iGary's Ignore list.

Aww, you're not on my ignore list (I don't even know how to do that ).

I was just going from iSaint's above mine cuz I'm lazy.

 

[iGav]

16) Acura emblem on a Honda

17) painting the rear brake drums red.

 

[pseudobrit]

Great car. My parents' have a '96 DX that sips a gallon every 42 miles. Great little car, but I'm a bigger fan of the TDI-powered VW.

I'm such an early adopter that I bought one when gas still cost $1.30.

I'd be right pissed if my car only got me 42 mpg.

 

[aquajet]

I'm such an early adopter that I bought one when gas still cost $1.30.

I'd be right pissed if my car only got me 42 mpg.

I don't have one myself, but a friend does. He recently upgraded the injectors, and wow...that thing jumps off the line. Beats the **** out of my 2.0 Beetle. I hope to buy one someday if I can ever get myself out of school.

 

[jefhatfield]

when i saw the title of the thread, i thought you discovered some new additive or modded out your vehicle yourself or through a genius mechanic

i always drive by this 2000-ish gem condition suburban for sale for just $3500 dollars...it remnids me of when i was first driving, back in 1979 when big caddies (and other large american cars/trucks) in great condition were getting dumped for cheap or traded for smaller japanese and german cars

my '84 volvo dl station wagon is increasingly a large vehicle compared to all the mini coopers and hybrids i keep seeing sprouting up, along with civics, beemers, accords, infinities, and a whole host of smaller american cars...and i think my highway mileage is not much better than 20 mpg these days...of course when the car was brand new, it was more efficient than that

my city gas mileage is very dismal, however, and that's mostly where i drive, and i don't really have the right to criticize later model suv and trucks since they get better mileage than me

 

[Chip NoVaMac]

Congrats on the new ride.

Been tempted to do a Prius since my commute is short (6 miles each way) and my total miles driven each month is under 500. So with my Baja that works out to a tank and half each month.


Just can't make the math work in trading in a 2 1/2 yo car.

 

[aquajet]

I plan on trying to get a hybrid once I graduate from college (for economical and ethical reasons- SOMEONE'S got to start worrying about their emissions, right?)...

Diesel is very promising in that regard, but only until the gov't can get off their asses, do the right thing and aggressively push for higher-quality diesel fuel.