What do you drive and how many MPG do you get?

[iDesignBoxes 10+ year member]

Looking for a car... ~14 MPG is not enough for me in my GMC Jimmy. I will probably get something that costs under $3000 since I'm a student and poor, most likely a Honda... so I wanted to see what my options are... What do you guys drive (year and model), what did you pay for it, and how many MPG do you get? List pro's and con's also.

For example:

1: Paid: $2600

2: 1999 GMC Jimmy

3: ~14 City/18 Highway

Pros: Very spacious, rides smooth

Cons: Gas sucks, lots of road noise

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[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

99 Mitsu Galant, 25mpg HWY

Nissan Sentra, 28mpg HWY

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

79 f100 : 5-6 miles a gallon

96 explorer : maybe 12 or so

 

[DaveT 10+ year member]

I have a 99 Nissan Quest Van I use as my daily driver just calculated my MPGs yesterday, exactly 18mpg mostly city. Highway it gets around 22 if I baby it.

 

[Fear Of Theive 10+ year member]

97 f150 full size-13mpg

2002 monte carlo ls, 32 mpg

 

[tyler_fitz 10+ year member]

1: Paid: $3700

2: 1995 Dodge Dakota (3.9 v6)

3: ~16 City/17 Highway

Pros: I can haul shit, fun to drive in the winter, limited slip diff

Cons: Gas sucks, starting to rust

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

02 civic, used to get 35mpg, but i'm down to about 32 now. Ride can be kind of bouncy, but nothing too bad.

 

[grimreper912003 5,000+ posts]

94 Tahoe 2 dr, get 13mpg, paid $20 for the title //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

and no my parents didnt buy it, I built it.

 

[poundindak69]

98 VW cabrio-35 mpg-$4300

01 VW jetta- 30 mpg-$8500

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

I need to figure out whats wrong with my Sentra still, Im told I should be getting about 34mpg

 

[snfsh79077 10+ year member]

97 f150 full size-13mpg
2002 monte carlo ls, 32 mpg

97 f150 single cab- 18 hwy/16 city

soon to be a 30+ mpg truck

 

[dragnix 5,000+ posts]

I need to figure out whats wrong with my Sentra still, Im told I should be getting about 34mpg

tune up, oil change, maintainance, etc?

 

[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

tune up, oil change, maintainance, etc?

I have dont it all, even 02 Sensor. Engine light still on, Im told the EGR Valve is my problemo...

 

[DejaWiz 5,000+ posts]

Got rid of this almost 3 years ago and haven't had anything since that fits in your price criteria:

1990 Saab 900 hatchback non-turbo 5 speed manual.

Paid $5500 in mid-1998 with 65k miles.

Got avg 21 city / 27 hwy.

Liked: Very comfortable ride with very good handling and road feel. Heated seats were nice. "Love it or hate it" styling (obviously, I loved it). Phenomenal winter handling.

Disliked: Speakers are 4" dash and 4x10 rear. Luckily, I was able to mount a pair of 6x9's on the rear cargo cover which made one hell of a difference.

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

99 tahoe LT hybrid. forget how much i paid.

10mpg...