I know most of us drive trucks, but my f250 is a tad bit big to make a 40 mile one way trip to work. i am thinking of buying a 5-8k dollar car to drive to and from work. does anyone else do the same? looking for recommendations for a car, I have been driving trucks since i could drive.
commuter car
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There are plenty of hybirds out there. I had an older hybrid honda civic that got 40 MPG, it was great until some retard driver smoked me. I got a CRV now. I like my CRV, but still thinking about selling it and my F-150 to buy a newer F-150 and a honda or toyota car.
The newer accord hybrid are sweet cars, but not cheap yet.
The newer accord hybrid are sweet cars, but not cheap yet.
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he will run out of juice driving around town looking for a plug. crazy thing, twice as much coal was used to generate the electricity necessary to charge the car. doesn't make sense. the private market is always light years ahead of the government. if electrical cars were viable, we would all be driving them. this is another example of the lefts wish-list.
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Subject for a different thread, but, you are misinformed. The electrical grid is powered by nat gas, coal, wind, and a little solar. Power plants are way more efficient and clean PER KW of power than cars. Think of it this way: It would take 1000 car engines to power an electric power plant. The power plant burns less fuel and has less emissions than 1000 car engines.
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I bought a 10 year old Toyota Scion here on 2cool. Definitely not sexy and the kids/wife hate it, but it gets better MPG than my 2500. It doesnt rack up the miles or the wear and tear of navigating the houston highways (100 Mile round trip commute).
HOWEVER, there are times that I wonder why the hello I drive such a small vehicle with the crazy arse drivers of H-Town...
HOWEVER, there are times that I wonder why the hello I drive such a small vehicle with the crazy arse drivers of H-Town...
that's my grocery getter....32 MPG, plus I can get in and out of parking lots like a champion...only drive the Z-71 on Fridays or when I need to pick up something big in town...otherwise, it stays attached to the boat a lot, weekend driver, ranch truck, and of course going down the beach...
nothing wrong with having a couple of vehicles...
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When I had young kids and drove an F-150, the buying gas was killing me so I bought a 4 year old Nissan Sentra. Loved that car. Plenty of power and 32 - 35 miles per gallon. I'm not crazy about today's Sentras. I think if I were doing it today I would buy a Camry. I wouldn't drive a Prius if they were giving them away. Someone might mistake me for a liberal.
I drive about 100 miles round trip and after 3 mos of driving the Dmax, I parked it in the barn and picked up a 2005 Toyota Corolla from a fellow 2cooler. It had about 140k miles on it and I've since put another 30k miles on it since Jan 2017.
His wife drove it downtown everyday in stop and go traffic so I was only getting about 30 mpg at first. Changed the oil and started putting some highway miles on it and now I'm getting 33-34 mpg.
Knock on wood I haven't had a single issue so far. I'm so confident in that car, I'd drive it to El Paso tomorrow if I had to.
I only put about 5k - 7k miles a year on my truck now going back and forth to the deer lease, hauling a few cows or my tractor now and then and my wife using it to haul horses. It should last me at least 20 years.
Commuter car is definitely the way to go if you have any kind of commute to work.
His wife drove it downtown everyday in stop and go traffic so I was only getting about 30 mpg at first. Changed the oil and started putting some highway miles on it and now I'm getting 33-34 mpg.
Knock on wood I haven't had a single issue so far. I'm so confident in that car, I'd drive it to El Paso tomorrow if I had to.
I only put about 5k - 7k miles a year on my truck now going back and forth to the deer lease, hauling a few cows or my tractor now and then and my wife using it to haul horses. It should last me at least 20 years.
Commuter car is definitely the way to go if you have any kind of commute to work.
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Personally I'd stick with the truck, at 6'6" don't fit in cars and can't stand dbeing so low to the ground. Of course I would never do a job I had to commute to so what di I know.
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Do not discount Kia. I know a Master Kia mechanic and he speaks very highly of the 2012+ models. Their quality is where Toyota's was late 80's and early 90's - excellent buy not famous yet.
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" 750 miles on a tank" <<<<< Now, that's outstanding !!!
Granted the car had the VW emission fix but we fixed the fix with a malone stage 2 tune which eliminates the egr and dpf and stuff fell off.
My commute is only 10 miles round trip, so this is not something I am considering, but have a few friends who have gone through this thought process and have owned versions of some of the more frequent suggestions to your question.
One friend, who had a 110 mile round trip commute, was tired of his pick-up's gas bill, so he got a Ford Focus. I can't remember what he was getting, but he was one happy person after the first tank of gas lasted him longer than 2 days. His entry point was high because he bough it new, but 6 years later, it still hums along without many issues.
I personally have owned a '86 Civic Wagon and a CRV, back to back. The CRV with Real-Time 4x4 only got about 17.5 mpg in the city. So, I'd go with the small, fuel efficient car over anything else if it were me.
I think a Toyota Corolla or a Honda Civic are about as good as you're going to get if durability and gas mileage are important. If you are looking for something cheaper (to buy) look at Nissan or Kia. Even Subaru makes good cars; all depends on what you want, what you like and what you can find used and in good shape.
One friend, who had a 110 mile round trip commute, was tired of his pick-up's gas bill, so he got a Ford Focus. I can't remember what he was getting, but he was one happy person after the first tank of gas lasted him longer than 2 days. His entry point was high because he bough it new, but 6 years later, it still hums along without many issues.
I personally have owned a '86 Civic Wagon and a CRV, back to back. The CRV with Real-Time 4x4 only got about 17.5 mpg in the city. So, I'd go with the small, fuel efficient car over anything else if it were me.
I think a Toyota Corolla or a Honda Civic are about as good as you're going to get if durability and gas mileage are important. If you are looking for something cheaper (to buy) look at Nissan or Kia. Even Subaru makes good cars; all depends on what you want, what you like and what you can find used and in good shape.
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I just put my 2004 Hyundai Sonata up for sale yesterday. 130,000 miles and runs perfect. Everything works, doesn't burn oil, looks fantastic and has all the bells and whistles. Even has a moon roof. 4 cylinder engine with good gas mileage. Asking $2,300.
My commute is only 40 miles round trip, but it stacks the miles pretty quick when we pull 6 and 7 day work weeks far too often.
I’ve bought Honda accords, Acura CLs, had a Toyota Camry loaner for awhile and all of them got great gas mileage but just weren’t what I liked driving comfort wise.
Finally my wife stumbled across a 2000 Silverado 2wd with only 70,000 miles on it while I was out of town earlier this month and went and picked it up for me. It’s a stripped down v6 model, not sure what the gas mileage is yet, but it’s better than my other truck and will keep the miles off the truck I want to keep.
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I’ve bought Honda accords, Acura CLs, had a Toyota Camry loaner for awhile and all of them got great gas mileage but just weren’t what I liked driving comfort wise.
Finally my wife stumbled across a 2000 Silverado 2wd with only 70,000 miles on it while I was out of town earlier this month and went and picked it up for me. It’s a stripped down v6 model, not sure what the gas mileage is yet, but it’s better than my other truck and will keep the miles off the truck I want to keep.
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