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Old 03-13-2012, 03:38 PM   #9 (permalink)
Ecky
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Originally Posted by FXSTi View Post
One under appreciated car is the Ford Festiva. It offers a peppier drive than the Metro but can do well over 45 mpg with easy driving. If the wife likes old and boxy this could be the car for her. Avoid the auto trans in a Festiva though, they accelerate like a golf cart and get horrible gas mileage.
I think the Festiva would be a winner, if we could find one. There's nothing on Craigslist within 500 miles though. We'll likely look at a Tempo if one comes up locally.

I found this on ebay, might put the CRX back in the running:

Rear Seat Complete Honda CRX JDM SI HF DX 88-92 Ef8 / EE8 / ED9 ***rare*** | eBay
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