best new car for money and mpg's

[Arminius]

A car with 80k on it is still "new" as far as I'm concerned, especially if I owned it from the start.

The last two weeks some of my friends have been going onto car lots and getting brand new cars (GM's) for absurdly low prices. If I were buying a car, I'd go to a Ford or GM lot and offer them 30% below sticker and watch what they do. My friends did that and they ended up with cars for just 1k above their offers.

[Formula413]

Not to highjack, but there's a reason, or rather reasons, for that...

GM to cut 21,000 US factory jobs, shed Pontiac

[theunchosen]

My vote is still not worth it. If you are looking for inexpensive go look at Kia's or Hyundai's. They might be kind of hard to get parts for. . .but if something major breaks you can afford to buy a second one before you go over the budget of buying one of just about anything else. . . If I could get a GM cheaper than I could get a Fit or a Civic I might consider it. . .but I am pretty sure at 50% off Honda is still going to give them a run for lowest bid.

[joesgot4]

i dont pulse and glide,i just ease into the accelerator when i get it up to speed i have a k&n air filter,michellin x tires pumped to max pressure of 44lbs, and an about 2/3 lower grill block i made with toggle bolts and a plastic container cover! i get the mileage by dividing how many miles driven by how many gallons to fill it up! it has a economy section on the in car readout that is usually about 1 mpg wrong!