Vehicles, cars, and mpg's

[biff]

My wife drives a Toyota Camry 1998 w/ 178k on it/30mpg
I drive a 2007 Mitsubishi Galant ES w/ 63k on it/30mpg

We are looking at a Nissan Pathfinder 2006 w/ approximately 60k on it next year to replace the wives car. We need something bigger for hauling stuff around, camping, bike trips, etc.... She is a landscape Architect and is getting tired of shoving plants and tools in her little Camry trunk.

There are great deals on new and used trucks. I think it's a great time to buy one. They arent really selling well because they typically have lower mpgs

[feh]

1999 Subaru Outback: low 20s (20 winter, 25 summer)
2003 Pontiac Vibe: low 30s (30 winter, 35 summer)
1968 Barracuda: you don't want to know =)

[LivingAlmostLarge]

99 Toyota Corolla 110k miles, 25-30 mpg
2010 Subaru Outback 24-27 mpg, 3500 miles brand new!

2000 Ford Focus we sold manual tranmission only got 22-25 mpg. POS. Trust me not worth anything. Compared in reliability to my Corolla ridiculous amounts of money we've spent keeping it running.

[wincrasher]

2009 Hyundai Genesis 4.6 - 30 mpg highway!/ 25 mpg mixed
2009 Honda Odyssey Touring - 28 mpg highway/ 22 mpg mixed
2010 Nissan Frontier LE Crewcab - 23 highway/ 18 mpg mixed
2010 Chevy Camaro SS - 18 mpg highway / 15 mpg mixed / 12 mpg having fun

My Hyundai is an amazing car. Regularly over 30 mpg highway cruising 75 to 80 mph. 375 hp.
My Odyssey is also quite the highway cruiser - it reduces to 4 cylinders at cruise - you can't tell at all.
The Nissan is OK around town. It's a useful truck, but not good for trip - very stiff suspension. Mileage is generally horrible, but it's above the EPA ratings, so can't complain. The Camaro is a stump puller - 426hp - will liquify tires. Needs an 8 track tape deck though. I wear gold chains when I drive it.

[jpg7n16]

2006 Honda Accord

45k miles; 28-30mpg

Such a good car!

[biff]

2009 Hyundai Genesis 4.6 - 30 mpg highway!/ 25 mpg mixed
2009 Honda Odyssey Touring - 28 mpg highway/ 22 mpg mixed
2010 Nissan Frontier LE Crewcab - 23 highway/ 18 mpg mixed
2010 Chevy Camaro SS - 18 mpg highway / 15 mpg mixed / 12 mpg having fun

My Hyundai is an amazing car. Regularly over 30 mpg highway cruising 75 to 80 mph. 375 hp.
My Odyssey is also quite the highway cruiser - it reduces to 4 cylinders at cruise - you can't tell at all.
The Nissan is OK around town. It's a useful truck, but not good for trip - very stiff suspension. Mileage is generally horrible, but it's above the EPA ratings, so can't complain. The Camaro is a stump puller - 426hp - will liquify tires. Needs an 8 track tape deck though. I wear gold chains when I drive it.

That's quite a stable you got there! Looks like you got everything covered....from hauling people and gear and the cars if you if a need for speed. I lol'd at your gold chain comment!

[Ima saver]

I drive a red 2010 corvette, it has 1750 miles on it.
Hubby drives a yellow 2008 corvette with 8800 miles on it.
We have a 1978 tue tone blue corvette, we bought it new in 78.
Hubby has a 1933 red ford victoria that he drives to car shows.
Hubby also has a 2008 ford van that he uses everyday for his construction work.

BTW, the tape player in the old corvette still works if I can find tapes.

[PMMM]

2005 GTO 400 HP 16 to 22 mpg 97000 miles
Wife drives a 2009 Mini Cooper Pepper white with Auto Trans. I think she has about 24000 miles or so.
I also drive a 2009 Mini Cooper Chile Red with 6 speed manual. Mine has about 18000.
Both cars get about 31 to 34 mpg so there easy on the wallet and a load of fun to drive.

PMMM

[Joi]

2007 Toyota Yaris, 25K miles (I take the bus a lot)

Supposed to get 36 mpg combined highway and city
actual combined is more like 32 mpg

[wincrasher]

That's quite a stable you got there! Looks like you got everything covered....from hauling people and gear and the cars if you if a need for speed. I lol'd at your gold chain comment!

Not quite - don't have a convertible/roadster. Sadly, I'll have to wait a bit for that one. Friends have threatened an intervention if I buy another car this year.

[biff]

I drive a red 2010 corvette, it has 1750 miles on it.
Hubby drives a yellow 2008 corvette with 8800 miles on it.
We have a 1978 tue tone blue corvette, we bought it new in 78.
Hubby has a 1933 red ford victoria that he drives to car shows.
Hubby also has a 2008 ford van that he uses everyday for his construction work.

BTW, the tape player in the old corvette still works if I can find tapes.

Ima, and wincrasher do you garage all of your vehicles? Just curious.
Hope your hubby is doing better!

[Ima saver]

Biff, all the cars are garaged except the 2008 work van. We have two- two car garages. We built one special when hubby got the 1933 ford victoria.

Thank you, hubby is much better.

[wincrasher]

I only have a 2 car garage. Camaro is always in there (under a blanky). The other slot is usually occupied by the Nissan - it's Navy blue and hard to keep clean. The rest of my cars are silver - really the only proper color for fine automobiles.

[greenskeeper]

98 VW Jetta TDI = 53mpg

97 F-250 CC 4x4 powerstroke = 20mpg

All paid for in cash, never have had a car payment and never will. I'll ride a bike before I work for my vehicle.

[biff]

Biff, all the cars are garaged except the 2008 work van. We have two- two car garages. We built one special when hubby got the 1933 ford victoria.

Thank you, hubby is much better.

Wow four car garage!!
I love garages for some reason...I made mine into my man cave
Glad to hear hes doing better! I miss your blogs!