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Old 04-09-2008, 07:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
Whoops
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Whoop's Wheels - '89 Honda Civic Wagovan
90 day: 39.09 mpg (US)
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For mileage, your best bet in a Honda is probably a Civic VX, 1992-1995. The next closes is a 88-91 HF, then probably a 92-95 CX. At that point, you get down to around 40 mpg and their is a whole slew of Honda's.

The downside to a Honda, particularly a VX, is it's reliability and mileage carry a higher price for the used cars. The upside is their reliability and mileage.

I have an 89 Honda Wagon, which is a more space, 4 door Civic, essentially. I purchased it, with an engine problem, basically did a econo rebuild and started driving it about 2 1/2 years ago. Overall even though it's a older car, with a lot of miles, it doesn't use any oil to speak of and it gets real mileage I am very pleased with.

On a cheap to purchase, cheap on gas, you might want to consider something like a manual transmission Saturn. They don't have the reputation/price Honda's do, they seem to be able to get almost the same mileage and they seem to either run, very well, or when the choke, they choke.
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