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Originally Posted by Ragnarok Warrior
My Tracker got 30mpg all day long in the summer commute on the interstate and it was an 8v 85hp stock Suzuki 1.6l, top speed of 70mph on a really good day though. Had it to 80mph downhill one day SCARY! Used to tow a 16' aluminum boat or the 4-wheeler and snow sled with no problems, though downshifted a lot.
I had forgotten all about the SX4. Awesome little car- forgot they were/option-of AWD. Which reminds me an AWD Toyota matrix wouldn't be a bad car either. Friends mom had one with an auto and was getting close-ish to 30mpg. Tons of interior room and decent ground clearance. Too bad you couldn't find an old Izuzu Trooper with a diesel, now that would be the best of both worlds.
Uh-oh- the engine knocking stopped in a 4.0l? Must be broken, or hell froze over  |
Those SX4s were pretty neat little cars. Unfortunately, vehicles like the Aveo and Reno and other Daewoo captive imports kind of killed Suzuki. The SX4 and Kizashi were good cars, apparently.
I guess the knocking was a stuck lifter. It started to chatter again, so I held it at 3500RPM in neutral for a few minutes and it quieted back down!
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Originally Posted by War_Wagon
As for a Sidekick, I liked the ones I had, but the 5 speed models come with 5:13 gears in the differentials, so don't expect any kind of good fuel economy out of them if you need to drive on the highway a lot. And make sure you get a '95-'98 to get the 16v engine, the 8v ones are scary underpowered.
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5.13 gears!?! Wow. That engine must have been spinning super fast down the highway!