Hey all,

I just wanted to hear your suggestions on a reliable car for a long commute that'll do over 30 mpg, and under 5 grand.

On the top of the list right now are a 200X HOnda Civic.

Just wanted to see any other suggestions.

My 2000 Accord is on its way out and never sees over 25 mpg for some reason.

 

Civic or Corolla

 

+1

Too bad there aren't many Geo Metro's around.

 

Civic.

 

How far is commute?

I saw a 98 DX hatch... or a motorcycle

 

I'll kill myself on a bike, not I would but Tri-State drivers would.

50+ miles one way. Yes, I'm looking for a closer job.

 

rolla... i get 40+ on the highway consistently...

 

Corolla.

 

Eclipse GST? It was fairly frugal under my ownership.

 

Civic or Corolla..

my corolla is getting crappy MPG right now because I need to do some maintenance on it but after I get that done it will be back to normal

 

civic or corolla.

/thread. seriously.

 

I forgot bicycle.

 

i just bought an 03 civic mt ex for 4400. I replaced the headlights$80, front and rear brakes$85, timing belt water pump $430, plugs/cabin air filter/misc $50.

The price of the vehicle was negotiated down to accomodate these fixes. The only thing that was unexpected was the a/c, it either needs to be recharged or replace some part that's not working well and a recharge. Hopefully it's the cheaper one.


It had relatively new tires, inspection and other maintenance and it had a clean interior with minimal dents/scratches.

For under 5k, i have a well maintained car that should last a while before any other maintenance.

I got 35mpg and almost 400 miles on my last tank of 87 octane gas. The tank is only 13 gallons too.

The seats took a little getting used to and it's surprisingly quiet inside with 157k on the clock.

It does tach around 3500 when at 75-80 mph, so that get s a little annoying.


The only thing i may do is to replace the headunit with something that i can hook up my i-pod and bluetooth to.

 

I recommend a Kenwood x994 or similar in that case. I've been quite happy with it in my TL and RL.

 

thanks, i'll look into it.

 

used jetta tdi or corolla or civic

 

did not have much luck with the 05 civic ex-se, with MT. It had one annoying problem after another. Traded it with 36,000 (after the warranty was over) miles for the 06 tsx. Love that. We also owned a 05 hyundai elantra GT with MT (bought the same time as the honda) It had over 100,000 problem free miles when we traded it for a '11 hyundai sonata.

 

2000 Hyundai tiburon mt. My gf drives one and it has over 150k on it. Only issue was a bad window regulator at 130xxx

 

Used MkIV Jetta/Golf TDi. Ridiculous mileage out of them and they will go 300-400k miles easily.