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War_Wagon · 11-21-2013, 10:16 PM

+1 for reliability. A newer Focus may give me slightly better FE than my '90 CX, but I know that unless the CX is currently on fire it will always start ha ha. In an under $3000 car you want as simple as possible while still being fuel injected IMO.

As for hybrids, it depends on what you are looking for. A 2000-2006 Insight will function without a working battery pack. A similar Prius will not. I don't know about early Civic hybrids etc, but I am sure someone else here will.

And as for the Escorts, I think they all had the head gasket issue. The early Focuses shared the same engine for the first few years until they went to the Z-Tec. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.

11-21-2013, 10:16 PM	#21 (permalink)
War_Wagon 5 Gears of Fury Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Vancouver B.C., Canada Posts: 1,230 Spunky - '90 Honda Civic CX 90 day: 35.56 mpg (US) Thanks: 175 Thanked 176 Times in 137 Posts	+1 for reliability. A newer Focus may give me slightly better FE than my '90 CX, but I know that unless the CX is currently on fire it will always start ha ha. In an under $3000 car you want as simple as possible while still being fuel injected IMO. As for hybrids, it depends on what you are looking for. A 2000-2006 Insight will function without a working battery pack. A similar Prius will not. I don't know about early Civic hybrids etc, but I am sure someone else here will. And as for the Escorts, I think they all had the head gasket issue. The early Focuses shared the same engine for the first few years until they went to the Z-Tec. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. __________________ "Don't look for one place to lose 100 pounds, look for 1600 places to lose an ounce." - Tony DeFeo Last edited by War_Wagon; 11-21-2013 at 10:23 PM..