What old, cheap, reliable cars are there that are fantasic on gas?

[fatboy1185]

My friend had a fox mustang and it was a 2.3 it got around 25ish city. Live my dream and do a '75 Monza with an ECOTEC 4cyl swap. I never got around to doing that with my Monza.

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get a pinto...it may not have the best gas mileage (20-25mpg) but its got good reliability...all the ones ive ever seen or heard of never break down hahaha, buggers just keep goin and goin and goin..

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[IS3_FTW]

street bike :P 70mpg

x2, I was going to say that as well. $12 to fill the tank

[texasvtak]

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Quiet with your idiocy.

[fatboy1185]

Quiet with your idiocy.

when someone says "what are some cars that get good gas mileage" ...the answer is not mustang, or el camino. might as well throw in ford bronco

[Accrdwgnguy]

85 - 87 CRX Si if you can find one that isn't rusted out. My dad has an 87 and it gets 40 on average, and he even got 53 mpg on a trip south once! And its still fun and peppy. Some of them even came with factory LSD. They weigh in at about 1500 lbs, the next gen gained about 200 pounds over it. Parts are hard to find for them tho, we couldn't buy body parts anywhere. The plastic front fenders are specific to the Si, as are the doors, rocker moldings, and bumpers. So keep that in mind.

[MikeW]

A Rukus...??

x108 on something late 80s/early 90s. Especially Honda or Toyota.

Those older escorts can get mileage, but it wont be as good as a CRX or the like.

Id almost think that any older civic or CRX would get good mileage. As long as the previous owner(s) took care of it and it has decent miles.

And i dunno about a Rukus, but a bike might not be a bad idea....

[nine_deuce]

Suzuki Swift GTI FTW!!!!

Check out what this one does to this Ferrari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uuE27ySL0k

[MikeW]

d15b jdm with 3 stage econo vtec swap for it. or the vx engine that can lean out during cruising

Is this what the tuner world may be coming to....?

Econo-VTEC swaps?

[deevergote]

I don't care if it's a dog... But I drive for a living, doing paperwork in the car and stuff... so a bike isn't very practical. Plus, 1000 miles a week on a bike... I'd get killed!


I forgot about the VX. That's an option... I really hate Civics, but they're not bad for economy and reliability. The CRX is one of the only Civic-based cars I really like!

[fatboy1185]

civics are good for what they were made for... being reliable and getting great gas mileage

[Dr.x]

Geo Metro XF-i.... Super High MPG mode

Im not excatly sure what it came with but I think it was lighter then the other versions of Metro's .. had a special Cam in it and some other stuff not 100% sure. I heard it got hi around 60-75 MPG

[lil_dcb7]

an old fwd corolla,

old accords

90's 4 cyl camrys

the eighty's escorts were actually really bad, they had timing chain(or belt, i cant remember, im pretty sure it was chain) problems that froze the whole motor. or something like that my dad was telling me about...

[accordaffair]

we have a swift we're trying to get rid of, i think it's around '98-'99, 40+ mpg, no ac, 5 speed

we'd sell it cheap to ya, but it'd be a long ride down to FL

[kc8enb07]

crx hf but keep in mind its a dog

I'd consider a d15b jdm with 3 stage econo vtec swap for it. or the vx engine that can lean out during cruising

im workin on that swap into a EK. why not a 92-95 VX? 47city-54hwy is i remember right

or import a Honda Beat and be baller w/ a mid engine mini s2000, lol

i seen a CRX w/ a VX head on a d16y7. it was quicker than the HF engine but he got mid 50s

[gloryaccordy]

I'm just trying to imagine Deev getting into a CRX...

Anyways, a B13 Sentra or 93-97 Corolla will do the trick.