Efficient, cheap beaters! Used car ads: 35 mpg highway or more for $1500 or less

[Fat Charlie]

Thanks, that makes it worse. I'd have gotten at least a couple years out of that thing... If they'd posted it last fall. Although my wife would have been a bit concerned about ditching a nearly 9 year old car for a nearly 18 year old car. "But honey, it's got 30,000 fewer miles on it!"

I love my Fit, but I would have grabbed this one.

[Daox]

Ah, I miss my Paseo...

EPA is only 24/27/31, but thats ridiculously easy to beat the pants off of.

1993 Toyota Paseo - $800

I am selling a 1993 Toyota Paseo 5 speed manual with about 200k miles on it. It gets great gas mileage, 35-38 mpg in the warmer months (drops to about 30 in the winter). The car runs and drives great, last winter it started every time. The car is in decent shape though it does have some rust in the typical areas. It burns some oil so it needs to get topped off everytime you fill up the tank or so. The two rear tires might need to be replaced somewhat soon for better traction in the winter, though they are not bald. It also has a wheel bearing that is going bad that will most likely need to be fixed in the near future. If you are interested and would like more info, you can send me a text or an email.

[MetroMPG]

Please don't just LINK to the pics of the cars... the photos disappear when the ads are removed! And the pics are a big part of what makes this thread fun to follow.

Instead, grab the photo URL and use the "Upload File from a URL" option as an attachment.

Gracias!

[MetroMPG]

gets great gas mileage, 35-38 mpg in the warmer months (drops to about 30 in the winter

Someone who knows about the winter MPG hit... That tells me they actually paid attention to their mileage.

[MetroMPG]

Okay, so it's only EPA rated for 34 mpg (US) highway.

27 City
30 Combined
34 Highway

But if I were in the market, I'd definitely go look at it.

For Sale By Owner
Year 1999
Kilometers 294123
Transmission Manual

1999 Toyota Corolla, 5 speed Standard, Runs Good, new Clutch,
Selling As Is to fix or for parts.
Asking $399.00 or best offer

1999 Toyota Corolla Sedan | cars & trucks | Brockville | Kijiji

[War_Wagon]

You know, I had no idea what to put an old Cavalier up for sale for, especially one with 44k KMs (26k miles). So I went with under $1500 because the body is pretty rough dent wise. So some shameless self promotion here, but man I thought I wrote a pretty honest ad for the thing, and Tim our saleskid hasn't had a single call on it! If I had to pick any car from my fleet to get in and drive to Texas in tomorrow, it'd be this thing! If someone here wants it it's cheaper than that, but I find it hard to believe that there isn't at least one Cavalier hoarder in Canada that saw that ad and didn't say "I gotta have it!!" haha.

1994 Cavalier CRAZY Low Mileage! *Winter Car Extraordinaire*

[Baltothewolf]

Originally Posted by War_Wagon

You know, I had no idea what to put an old Cavalier up for sale for, especially one with 44k KMs (26k miles). So I went with under $1500 because the body is pretty rough dent wise. So some shameless self promotion here, but man I thought I wrote a pretty honest ad for the thing, and Tim our saleskid hasn't had a single call on it! If I had to pick any car from my fleet to get in and drive to Texas in tomorrow, it'd be this thing! If someone here wants it it's cheaper than that, but I find it hard to believe that there isn't at least one Cavalier hoarder in Canada that saw that ad and didn't say "I gotta have it!!" haha.

1994 Cavalier CRAZY Low Mileage! *Winter Car Extraordinaire*

If this was in the states, I would totally buy this for my bf to learn to drive in!

[MetroMPG]

^ That's setting the bar too low! (Automatic).

War_Wagon: keep us posted on what happens.

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Here's a potentially good one from a nearby dealer's boneyard. My '07 Civic came from such a boneyard, so I'm not averse to checking these out...

1998 Honda Civic DX-G coupe, 5-speed, 245350 (145k mi)



EPA rating is one short on the highway, but it'd beat that in normal use...

• 27 City, 30 Combined, 34 Highway

Date Listed 29-Nov-14
Price $1,495.00 plus applicable taxes
For Sale By Dealer
Year 1998
Trim DX-G coupe
Kilometers 245350 (145k mi)
Body Type Coupe (2 door)
Transmission Manual
Colour Green

This vehicle is being sold as is, unfit, not e-tested and is not represented as being in a roadworthy condition...

Interior(Colour): Gray
Number of Seats: 4
Engine: 1.6L L4 SOHC 16V

1998 Honda Civic DX-G coupe | cars & trucks | Kingston | Kijiji

[Daox]

Looks like a good deal to me. Would probably need the obligatory control arm mount work of course.

EPA: 33/36/41

2000 Chevy Metro 1.0 / 3 cylinder runs great - $950 (Milwaukee)

2000 Chevy Metro 1.0 / 3 cylinder hatchback great on gas runs and drives great car only has a 119000 miles good heat good tires call for more info

[MetroMPG]

You're selling your Metro already??