aliti19

Good choice! That thing should last you forever.

Lil4X

I drove a '95 Civic EX (similar to that you pictured) to work every day for five years, getting 28+ mpg in stop-and-go urban traffic, even with the AC blasting. It was dead reliable, quiet, possessed of some (but not much) sporting capability, and when caught without my Suburban, could even be pressed into service to haul a client or two without total embarrassment.

For anyone seeking a "cheaper" daily driver, this (or its Toyota counterpart, the Corolla) is perfect. It may not be as utilitarian as the Xb, nor as sporting as the Mini, but it will cost less, maintain resale value, and be inexpensive to insure. Choose a dark, conservative color and above all, keep it immaculately detailed, both inside and out. Congrats John, you've made a very wise choice!

Incendiary

What about a TDI Jetta or Golf or Passat? Supposedly diesels are better for highway mileage than hybrids anyway.

EDIT: Never mind, saw you do a lot of "city driving"...

insider

Ok, so let's say that your Lexus gets 15mpg and your drive 15,000 miles. At $3.50 it will cost you $3,500 in gas. If you buy a commuter car that gets 28 mpg and drive 15,000 miles it will cost you $1873 in gas for a savings of $1,600. So you are going to spend $25,000 on a new car that will depreciate thousands of dollars. The tax alone will be more than the gas savings. Plus you most likely will drive it much less than 15,000 miles. So your savings in gas will most likely be less than $1,000 yet the car will cost many thousand in extra expenses. This thread makes no sense. Driving your current car is much cheaper than buying an additional car to save gas. Unless you bought a $1,000 beater.

Incendiary

XeroK00L

Never thought 4-spoke wheels would have any place in any car, but that actually fits the boxy xB theme perfectly. I like it!

Lexmex

Mine is a 1996 Dodge Caravan...my uncle bought it up in Texas and had it nationalized here. Cheapest car he could get and still be a daily driver (since if it were a 1995, you cannot drive it everyday in Mexico City by law). I stripped the rear seats out and it make a great cargo van.

Incendiary

Why not?

Lexmex

Good question. It is a program called Hoy No Circula.

This link explains it well enough in English.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoy_No_Circula

Other countries have similar rules in pollution emergencies, but Mexicans always look at me funny when I tell them no such thing exists in the U.S.

blacksc400

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I had a Xb for 6 month as commuter car.. I got 18inch staggered wheels, suspension mods and intake, carputer... but man I hated it!! I love the look, but the ride, the noise from everywhere, the super slow acceleration, and the gas mileage is not great( well, blame on the way I drive).. and I took it for a trip to LA and man, after I come back, my back hurts for 2 days, and it drives horrible on highway!! Max speed I can possibly do is 90Mph, and full tank only runs for 220 miles ( worse than local ), and when you doing 80mph, it is almost reaching redline!

I sold it and got a v6 camry instead, which I am pretty happy about it, at least it got V6 power and still get good gas mileage....

RayGS3

How about Acura CL 2.3 Manual?

wolverine

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uhhh he already got a corolla.........

ARB

As wolverine stated he got the Corolla but the CL 2.3 is actually a good used car buy. The '98-'99 were rated a used car 'best bet' by consumer reports. They are very cheap, starting ~ $4.5-$5.5k.. of course low mileage ones will cost a little more. They are very reliable, look good for a car of that age, and perform well. Only thing is you need to buy an aftermarket warranty w/ the car as some of them have transmission issues(hard 1-2 shifting or transmission failure alltogether-this goes for both the automatics and the sticks).

siamiam

currently i have a 93 civic hatchback and a 91 Mercedes 190E.

i have to get the tranny in the Benz fixed im not modding my civic hatch for performance but i am looking for a economy cam for better gas mileage for it

im about to pick up a 81 Toyota Starlet to mod, 1750lbs plus RWD smoke Mustangs with a budget less them most of their insurance a year :P i love power to weight