What you used to drive (before eco-modding)

[3gd16]

93 toyota tacoma standard tranny 3 liters of pure fuel eating monster, it got 17 to 18 mpg. Had a great a/c though traded it for my recent ride 93 accord swagon

[Cd]

Originally Posted by Sven7

I still own all my cars. The other two are

81 Rabbit- lowered, short shifter, cat delete, A/C delete, '79 Westy front end.
Usually 27-28mpg while hammering on it.
On the old wheels:


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This is an excellent photograph !
The lighting and composition are professional quality.
I especially love the lines in the cement which draw the eye to the subject .

[AndrzejM]

1975 Fiat 126p
1983 Fiat 125p
1965 UAZ 469b
1978 VW Scirocco (1st gen)
1978 VW Scirocco GT (1st gen)
1981 VW Scirocco GTi (2nd gen)
1982 VW Scirocco GT (2nd gen)
1989 VW Corrado G60
1988 Jeep Cherokee Limited
1996 Dodge Grand Caravan SE
1999 VW Polo
2000 Mercedes Benz A-class W168 (still in the family)
1995 Toyota Previa
1997 BMW 318tds (new to the family)

[Fat Charlie]

77 Sedan deVille
84 K Car sedan
89 Accord sedan
Red ****box sedan (Mazda?)
Red Nissan Minima sedan
96 Suzuki Esteem sedan
89 Accord sedan (yes, a second one.)
05 LGT wagon

The Subaru was my first hot car and is now my first HMing car. I pine for the Esteem that I ditched because I was getting 40-42 mpg while driving the wheels off of it.

[Frankencar]

1986 VW GTI with a 1996 GTI ABA motor - up to 30mpg when really nice to it.



and all the horrible things we did to that car:

MKII VW GTI getting thrashed - YouTube Playlist

[SiVX]

1995 Nissan Maxima V6 auto
1996 VW Passat VR6 5 speed
2001 Honda Accord V6 auto

Current: 1992 Honda Civic VX 8-D

[Flakbadger]

2003 Ford Ranger with manual transmission and 4.0 liters of IDGAF about FE, courtesy of Ford's American division.
Yep, here in the U.S. of A, American manufacturers don't offer the more fuel-efficient diesels they make for all the other countries. Would have bought diesel were it offered. Same torque, 30% better MPG
EDIT: My Ranger averaged 16 MPG

[mmmodem]

My previous sports car was a 1995 Milano Red Acura Integra GSR. It was 170 screaming horsepower from a tiny 1.8 liter VTEC engine. I loved that car to death. It was a horrible purchase in most regards. I had to buy it not only used but salvaged because I was a teenager with zero funds. The place I bought it from was owned by my sister's fiance. With no credit of my own, he let me finance it over 2 years.

It was loud and obnoxious. I averaged 25 mpg in the city and sometimes got up to 30 mpg on the highway. The tiny 10 gallon tank meant I had to refuel every 250 miles which is very often when you are a teenager with a red sports car and a lot of scrub friends.

I added the standard cold air intake and ceramic header for more power. I upgraded the tires to 205/55/15 from 195/55/15 stock for more grip. A new exhaust would have been next if the car wasn't rear ended by a 68 year old man in a late model chevy pickup. I still remember how the engine bay was crumpled sitting underneath an SUV whos tires were staring me in the face. The trunk also crumpled up allowing the passenger compartment to be mostly intact. It was like my car suddently turned into a Beetle. There was red liquid splattered all over the front of my white T-shirt. I went hysterical looking for a wound on my face and body. There were none. Just then I noticed I was sucking on a red candy and spit it out.

I was fine except for a concussion and a slightly dislocated large intestine caused by the seatbelt. The car had saved my life. I loved that car to death. I replaced her with an economical 36 mpg Toyota Corolla.

[OtherCarASaab]

mmmodem, thanks for the laugh thinking of the red candy. I've had similar 'what the?' experiences, just never behind the wheel *knock on fake wood-grain desk*

I'm a Saab nut, they've been most cars I've owned in my ~15 years of vehicle ownership (dang, 15 already?)

The list:
'87 GMC Jimmy S-15 (2-door Blazer) 0-60 took 22 seconds by the time I bought it with 150k on the odo, perfect first car for a teenager
'95 Saab 900SE - learned how to drive a stick on this one, after I bought it 28MPG average
'00 Sable/Taurus - wife's car when we got married, only needed 1 car, ditched the Saab 23MPG average
'90 Saab 900SPG - old turtle-back. Commuter car, bad/cold weather only (otherwise biked). Accordingly got horrible gas mileage due to 3 mile commute, engine wasn't warm yet when I arrived at work, 19MPG average (~4k miles in 3 years). Then got new job, 17 miles from home, and I didn't have confidence either this old Saab or my bike could make it that far.
Current
'97 Saab 900SE - 30+MPG when I'm nice, 25MPG when I'm enjoying how it pulls hard to the red line in 3rd on the highway - merging is easy when they're all behind you 50:50 City/Hwy, almost all rush-hour.
'06 Yukon XL (Suburban) - new vehicle for the Mrs., and the reason I'm on the forum. This was actually an economical choice for us given family size and needs - we'll drive it with 8 people about ~50% of the miles, including 4-5 Adults, so minivans weren't an option. I joined here to figure out how to tweak it to improve MPG, aside from just the nut behind the wheel. So far 17MPG doing 70 on highway with 5-6people, 15 around town.

[ecomodded]

hoopty yo's '94 GMC C3500 Crew Cab Dually


I like it ! in fact i love it.