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Old 10-05-2008, 04:37 AM   #27 (permalink)
Will
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Meat-roll - '97 Geo Metro
Team Metro
90 day: 55.4 mpg (US)

Wife's Brruik - '03 Buick Century
90 day: 30.84 mpg (US)

Blue Balt - '08 Chevrolet Cobalt XFE
Team Chevy
90 day: 38.19 mpg (US)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
At the very least spend $2k and get yourself a small car for commuting! You'll half your gas prices and the car will have paid for itself in the first year!
Exactly right. That is what I did with my Metro. I bought it for next to nothing (dead cylinder) rebuilt it while I was still driving my 94 Buick, then sold my Buick to recoup the costs quickly when the Metro was up and running.

I have a total of $1400 in my Metro, and sold my old Buick for $1100. The old Buick got about 28 mpg and I just had my high tank on my Metro at 57.01, so it did not take long at all to recoup the remaining costs.

There are several threads around here that can help you to rebuild an older Honda or Metro. It really comes down to being outside of the box, and having the confidence that you can make it work!!!

By the way, it was a big cost thing for me, too. The money I got from my Buick went to pay back what I had put on the credit cards to build the Metro. It was an incredible leap of faith that really made me feel good about my own capabilities. Given the fact that she took the leap with me it made me feel real good about my relationship with my wife. That alone was worth more than any gas savings I have gotten.

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