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That's the reason I am still driving a 1992 car. When I looked at the market of new cars with an eye towards replacing it in 2000, there was no new car available that came close to matching its gas mileage. So I kept my old car, put a new engine in it and kept on driving it. And now, with all of the mods I have installed on it, there still isn't a new car being sold today that can match its mileage. Right now in the winter with snow tires on the car, I am still getting better mileage (mid to upper 60's mpg) than I was able to get from my dad's 2005 Prius (60-61 mpg) when I was driving it in the summer. And with the additional interior volume from the boattail, both vehicles are 4-seaters with very similar interior volume, but I'm doing it without the added cost and maintenance of the hybrid techology.
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