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my mom's getting a fuel efficient car!
yup, driving her truck has been getting pretty expensive. its a 5.4L ford f-150 supercrew 4x4 with the towing package. she has a long commute to work, but she still needs the truck for farm use. i told her to get me some numbers to crunch (her current mpg, weekly work commute miles, etc...), and i would calculate her savings & payoff time. she only has dialup, so i'll just use the online calculator stuff that would take forever for her to load.
she's been looking at the yaris, and kinda likes it. she basically wants a 2 door, stick shift, a/c something with no other options. it has to be new/year or 2 old, she can't chance an old car that may have some problems. (when she gets a call, she HAS to be there).
it'll be just her, just for her work commute, and will rack up a lot of miles really fast (her truck is an '06 and already has over 130,000 miles). she really wants a 2 door (a 4 door would just be wasted space/extra weight).
is the yaris a good choice?
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