I’m inclined to choose the Prius, Jetta, or Mini Cooper. Perhaps a Civic to be like Ted and Nicole.
Smartmoney.com: Consumer Reports: The most fuel-efficient cars that CR has tested
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I’m inclined to choose the Prius, Jetta, or Mini Cooper. Perhaps a Civic to be like Ted and Nicole.
Smartmoney.com: Consumer Reports: The most fuel-efficient cars that CR has tested
The newer Civics may be more fuel efficient, but I’ve never gotten 36 mpg in mine. Nor have I ever gotten down to 20 mpg like they show for city driving. I get a little over 30 on the highway and maybe 28 when it is mostly city driving. Susan’s Prius now has 11,000 miles on it and she gets around 50 mpg, most of that on the highway. Starting in 2006 you can get a $3,000 tax credit for buying a Prius, but it will start phasing out once Toyota sells 60,000 hybrids which it is supposed to do by July. In the meantime I see a glut of hybrids at the end of the year as people postpone the purchase to take advantage of the 2006 tax credit (there is a $2,000 tax deduction for purchases this year). If you are effected by the AMT, neither of these may do you any good. Toyota has volunteered to raise car prices to make US-made cars more competitive, so prices may be going up.
Our old 1998 Honda Accord with 115,000 miles on it gets 30 or 31 miles to the gallon on the road and 28 in town. It sure has been a good car. We’re heading home tomorrow (Wednesday) in it. Pray for a safe trip.
Mom
we got about 25 mpg on the highway in our town and country