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If the size of the car isn't important, add Toyota Tercels and Echos to your list. Civics didn't go to timing chains until recently, so you've got timing belt replacement costs with them, too. Toyotas and Nissans have used timing chains for decades. I'd add Nissan Sentras to your list, too. Tercels and Echos use the fuel-sipping 1.5 liter 1NZ-FE engine. Corollas mostly use bigger, thirstier 1.8s.
You can get 2005/6 Hyundai Elantras for $5k, compared to 2000 Civics and Corollas. They've got timing belts, but they're still sleepers with enviable reliability.
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Darrell
Boycotting Exxon since 1989, BP since 2010
Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going faster than you is a maniac? George Carlin
Mean Green Toaster Machine
49.5 mpg avg over 53,000 miles. 176% of '08 EPA
Best flat drive 94.5 mpg for 10.1 mi
Longest tank 1033 km (642 mi) on 10.56 gal = 60.8 mpg
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