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robots4joey · 07-31-2009, 10:10 AM

Hello everyone!
I’m a college student (1 year left), with a really junky dodge minivan that hardly runs (free vehicle from my parents…) that qualifies for the cash-for–clunkers thing… so I’m looking for a new car (only because it has to be new…) that has really good gas mileage (over 30mpg stock for sure!), is reliable, and cheap to do repairs on (I do all my own car repairs). I really wanted a used Honda or Toyota… But even with the $4500 from the cash-for-clunkers deal, they still aren’t in my price range. Oh- my price range <after the $4500 is taken off> is preferably under $10K- I was shooting for $6-8K actually, but I could be swayed…

I’d really appreciate recommendations from this forum- I am a hypermiler myself, I’ve improved my fuel economy by 23% from when I first started driving my current vehicle- all from tips I received here!

Thanks!

07-31-2009, 10:10 AM	#1 (permalink)
robots4joey EcoModding Lurker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Wichita, KS Posts: 23 '98 Civic - '98 Honda Civic EX 90 day: 40.84 mpg (US) Stacy's Rav - '05 Toyota Rav4 2WD Sport Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	New, cheap, high mpg cars? Hello everyone! I’m a college student (1 year left), with a really junky dodge minivan that hardly runs (free vehicle from my parents…) that qualifies for the cash-for–clunkers thing… so I’m looking for a new car (only because it has to be new…) that has really good gas mileage (over 30mpg stock for sure!), is reliable, and cheap to do repairs on (I do all my own car repairs). I really wanted a used Honda or Toyota… But even with the $4500 from the cash-for-clunkers deal, they still aren’t in my price range. Oh- my price range <after the $4500 is taken off> is preferably under $10K- I was shooting for $6-8K actually, but I could be swayed… I’d really appreciate recommendations from this forum- I am a hypermiler myself, I’ve improved my fuel economy by 23% from when I first started driving my current vehicle- all from tips I received here! Thanks!