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Originally Posted by gaffo
those old cars are very effiecent - like the CRX.
if you are serious about buying a new car - you really should look the Yaris (hatch is my preference and what i have had for almost a year now).
it give me 34 city and 40 hwy. and consistant 37 mpg for 9 months now. (in winter it does drop to 35 combined).
the OLD EPA mileage number (2006/7) are the correct numbers for this car. The new number are WAY LOWER than what this car will give you. (I really do think there is some politics here - maybe Toyota wants to puch the Prius/Corrolla over the Yaris since they make zip on the Yaris and a crapload on the Prius).
Auto will give 1-mpg less than the 5-sp. i have the 5-sp.
Yaris are now hard to get and they have been marked up 1,000 bucks since the gas hike lsat spring, they are now 14K instead of 13k when i bought mine. Also they are impossible tofind and you will have to be put on a waiting list for 2-4 months most likely. Toyota just is not importing very many of them - again they don't want to sell then, they want you to buy the 2x more expensive fashion statement the Prius.
I have 25k on it now and no one issue yet.
good luck.
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Well since you seem to be an advocate of manual transmission cars that are hard to find, then you should be pushing the Cobalt XFE that is rated to 36 mpg hwy. And many Ion and Cobalt 2.2 ecotec owners have been reporting 40 mpg highway for years before the XFE upgrades.