Any older Honda civic is going to give you great gas mileage and going to go for a very long time. I have a friend who has a 1998 that has about 135k on it and it looks as good as new.
As far as the Jetta's I know someone who had a diesel one and he swore by it. He got like 45-50 MPG and could run biodiesel which was really sweet. The gas isn't going to be as much of your issue as the car payment. If you replace the $500 payment with a $300 payment and then spend maybe $200 in gas instead you really are only increasing your cashflow by $300 a month... that is barely enough to send my daughter to a 2-day a week preschool here in nashville! Think hard about getting a nice $3k - $6k car for now and work yourself up. You probably could pay cash for that and not have to put out money for a payment each month. The thing would be that if the private school is worth it then it will be worth the "Sacrifice" of driving a not so new vehicle. J.J. 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:243750 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
