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Old 03-21-2011, 03:34 PM   #28 (permalink)
zonker
500 Mile Metro Traveler
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Sun City, CA
Posts: 183

'89 Dakota LB - blue - '89 Dodge Dakota V6 LE
90 day: 19.8 mpg (US)

'17 Fiat 124 - SunFiat - '17 Fiat 124 Spider Classica
90 day: 30.51 mpg (US)

'89 Metro - The Egg - '89 Geo Metro Base
90 day: 50.71 mpg (US)

'94 Alto - The Box - '94 Suzuki Alto Ce-L
90 day: 39.5 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by roosterk0031 View Post
My 03 Malibu is doing pretty well, bought it 1 year old 12k miles, $9990, + fuel pump, 2 front wheel bearings, couple sets of front pads, and a idle control valve. Now at 230,000 miles so less than $11,500 into it (not counting oil, filters or tires) $0.05 per mile. Gas is now $0.10-11/mile. Should have bought 2 of them.
thankfully cars are made much more reliable than they used to be.

in the 60's if your car lasted 100k you were lucky.

now 200k is the norm with many cars seeing little to no repairs in that time frame.
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