[guudasitgets]

I have owned and driven some really neat cars in my day, 62 Jaguar XKE, 85 Porsche 911, 4-440 Magnum Dodge Chargers, 69 Mustang Mach-1(428SCJ), and I really could buy whatever quick sports car there is out there but I would hate myself. Number one to me why buy some sports car when I could enjoy a new race car for the same money and go fast legally. Number two when I started driving in competition in 1978 that was pretty much the last of the fast driving on the public roads. It changes you, and you loose the need to prove yourself to other people on the regular highway. I became an eccono-nut ever since. Starting with old Datsuns. I would get all the throwaway parts from guys running them in the sedan classes so I would try to do it on the cheap. Exhausts, light wheels etc. The present car I bought for $300, I have in it a total of $750 in it as it needed things that had to be repaired and when it came to tires I bought Geo Metro skinny tires instead and that was 3mpg right there. I was driving a V8 Ford Explorer that would get around 16mpg. With this car I'm averaging in the mid 30's, it's winter here so sometimes the roads have a half a foot of smow on them and I have to drive the Explorer, other days it's very cold, and up till now mostley below zero so the milage in the Ford Aspire has been low (mid 30's) I'm hoping for mid 40mpg when it gets warmer. But to your point I spent very little and I got a lot back. First, obvoiusly I got a second car, second I cut my fuel cost in half, I remmember spending $65 one week to fill up my truck, with the car it only has an 8.5gal tank so it would have been much less. so for me it works out money wise.