Q: I am considering buying a car - I would like to hear the reported actual gasoline consumption by other consumers for all 4-door sedans, from the year 2003 to 2009.
A: I think either Civic / Civic Hybrid, Fit, Prius, Corolla, Yaris are all good. the thing with hybrids is that if you drive like 100 miles a day, you will not break even with the cost of premiums in advance.
Buying & Selling »
What's the best used car I can buy for under $7000?
(Please don't say Toyota Camry or Corolla.. every other car on the road is one of those.)
I'm looking for something reliable, good looking, relatively inexpensive to maintain(has
Consumer reports'll tell you toyota... sorry..
Any vehicle from Asia is better quality, but watch out. For 7K you will have to go for a fairly high mileage car and it could have problems. Have a mechanic check out any car before you buy.
Politics »
So how come by comparison today's most economical Hybrid vehicles just barely exceed this VW's gas mileage?In Europe,where gas is twice the cost, half the cars are diesel.They don't seem to be dropping dead over there from carbon monoxide poisoning. How
Loved those things. And verticulture algae farming can, feasibly, produce enough oil at less than $1/gal to return us to the glory days.
As for gas engines, well, they're just a sad load of toads all the way around. I no longer refer to
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And it sure runs head-on into the major efforts by automakers to field electric cars, plug-in hybrids, high-tech direct-injection gas engines, |
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Some, though, have seemed out-of-sync with the market: •CR-Z. The two-seat, gas-electric hybrid was dinged last month by influential Consumer Reports |
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Consumer Reports wanted to see just how well the $50 Fuel Doctor FD-47 works. "It claims to have the best effect on vehicles older than two years. |
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A 2006 Consumer Reports article found mileage for E85 to be up to 29 percent lower in various types of driving, while Car and Driver found the difference |
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Road tests verify that E-85 yields much lower mileage. In 2006, Consumer Reports tested a Chevy Tahoe running on regular gasoline and on E-85; |