fwiw my 2006 Galant has been totally reliable and gets decent highway mileage. I don't think it gets to 40 mpg though. I don't know about recent Volkwagens -- haven't had one in a while. That one, a Rabbit, got outrageous gas milege but had a few little problems like doors that came open while driving :) Also, you don't ever want to have to replace a fuel pump in one of those.
in case that helps.... Dana On 10/6/07, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The realization that we can't afford private school for all 3 kids at > our current spending level has hit hard. I've decided, among other > things, is that I don't really need to be driving my big truck with a > $500 payment and a $300 fuel bill each month. > > I'm gonna swallow my pride and get something smaller and more > economical. And even though the Kawasaki Ninja 250R gets 70 mpg, my > wife won't allow it :). So now I'm debating what to get. I drive > around 28k a year pretty much back and forth to work with a commute > time of 2 hours total on a good day. Bad days 3 to 4 hours. > > I've been looking at used jetta tdi's in the 12k range which > corresponds with mileage around 100k. They get somewhere between 40 > and 50 mpg and are especially good with highway mileage (I drive about > 95% highway) > > I've also been looking at used prius's since new ones are around $27k, > but I'm just not sure how long the batteries will last before needing > to be replaced. > > Thirdly, there's the ultra cheap new cars, Kia Rio, Hyundai Accent, > etc. It'd be nice to get something with a long warranty, I'm just not > sure I'd like driving these this much. > > Sometimes I wish I didn't love my girls as much as I do :) > > zB > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243737 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
