What you used to drive (before eco-modding)

[ProDarwin]

1974 Plymouth Valiant
1992 Hyundai Elantra
1993 Saturn SW2 (modified)
1985 Jeep CJ7
1997 Saturn SC2
1971 Plymouth Valiant
1994 Saturn SL2
2002 Subaru 2.5RS
2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250R
1995 Yamaha YZF-600R
2003 Mazda Miata
1995 Saturn SW2
1994 Saturn SW2
1991 Nissan 300ZX
2006 Honda S2000
1998 Saturn SL2

I left out all of the parts cars, so I'm only averaging a little over 1 car/year. 8 of the 14 cars above have been raced in one way or another (most autocross, one rallycross).

I still own the last 2.

[larrybuck]

I've been econo for years now, but before that:

'67 Chevelle: 1st car..turned it from a 22mpg at 70mph. into a built 7 mpg monster.
'67 Plymouth Fury 3 wagon w 383
'55 F100 w 383 Mopar
'67 Chevelle SS w 396
'70 Chevelle SS w LS6 454, M-22 rockcrusher w hurst linkage.
'65 LTD 4HT w 390 got 24mpg on cross country trip at 40mph.
2 different '72 Pantera's, both built w radical cams, about 9 mpg.
'71 240Z fun, but never above 23mpg
'66 Belvedere 2HT 318
2 different '65 Impala's, 1 an SS w later 307
'63 Dodge 440 Sedan w 3 on tree 318
and so on...
'69 F250 11mpg towing, up to 13mpg alone, and trying for mpg.
'76 Econoline van, 11mpg towing w 351 Windsor, but so smooth a person could dream of quietly cruising at 80 mph all day if you could afford to!
"72 LTD wagon I lived in during 2 months of hard times.
'60 Chev Sedan delivery w 283 manual. loved it!
'57 2dr. post 210 Chevy w 6cyl., 3 on tree. not bad for early '70's
'55 " " " Chevy... 283 w " " " one of my all time favorites...21mpg in mixed driving, wished I'd never sold it!
Plenty more, some non drivers.

For fun, we could have a List thread of EVERYTHING you have EVER owned.

When my parents broke up when I was a year out of high school, my fleet of cars were my friends to help me get by in life for a while.

I had up to 5 cars parked at any given time in front of my Mom's house before I moved out on my own!

[wagonef8]

1996 Civic Ex
1989 Civic Si
2004 Civic Si
2004 Mustang
1997 Civic HF
1998 Civic Lx sedan
1988 civic hatch Dx
1988 CR-X HF
1990 CR-X Si
1990 CR-X Si
1990 Civic Hatch STD
1988 Civic Wagon Rt
1991 Civic Wagon Fwd
1991 CR-X Si-Se
1991 CR-X Dx
1995 Del Sol Vtec
2007 Yaris
2006 Toyota corolla
2008 Scion Xb

[Brad9660]

I have only had two cars in the ten years I have been driving.

1991 Chevy Corsica
1992 Acura Integra LS

I like mt Integra a lot. It has been a really good car, in the 6 years I have had it the biggest fixes were a starter, and distributor. I wish it got a little better mileage, but it has been to good of a car to get rid of. I know people with cars 15 years newer, with 100,000 less miles, that have had more problems than I have had with this car.

[seantobin5]

I had a 1993 Ford Escort 1.9L Station wagon. It was probably the most reliable thing my family has ever owned. It had exactly 400,000 miles on it before it dropped 3 valves and died. We decided it wasn't worth the fix considering the alternator and the transmission were about to go as well. Right now I have a 1998 Honda Civic HX. Soooo much better on gas and it performs way better! And much safer too!

[tehgyb]

Two of my more recent cars, Both are "s13 chasis" Nissan 240sx's
Orange one was a hatchback with japanese spec silvia front body work, and an RB25DET skyline engine (~450 at the wheels)
Black one was a coupe with r32 Skyline front body work and japanese spec Silvia engine (~300 at the wheels)


Needless to say not the best on MPG haha

[brucepick]

1989 Volvo 240 wagon.
Details: Sven - Volvo 240 wagon (sent to crusher) - 1989 Volvo 240 wagon Fuel Economy - EcoModder.com
It was my first ecomodding project car.
I gave it an electric radiator fan, front belly pan, upped the tire pressure, and built a Kamm back that was on for a month or two.

I did have it up around 29-30 mpg for part of a summer. But there's only so much you can do with a 3000 lb. rolling box with auto 4-speed transmission. I kept it for hauling big stuff until it finally needed too many things fixed. Drive train was still working great though when junked at something like 350K miles, typical for the old rear-drive Volvos.

[shovel]

My first horse:



These days I drive a lot less but burn a lot more fuel when I do..

[Sporty Modder]

Yr model observed
86F150 4x4 10/14 mpg
96 Escort 25/32mpg
96 Altima 26/34
97 Maxima 23/30
92 Suburban 4x4 12/14
98 Prism 22/26
04 Towncar 22/28