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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Point taken -- it's funny, but my 1987 Golf 1.8L got about 36MPG. And it lasted 14 years and ~217,000 miles; the engine ran wonderfully to the end. It died of rusty chassis...
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Yes, and Honda CRX HFs routinely get 45-50 MPG and last at least a couple of hundred thousand miles. And Geo Metro XFIs tend to get even better MPG and last a decent while as well.
Note that none of them would pass current emissions or collision testing, nor do they have sixty-seven cup holders and lots of head, leg, shoulder room, automatic climate control, and on and on and on.
Apples and oranges, my friend.
-soD