Looking for reaallly economical car

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Looking for reaallly economical car

Post by NicF » Fri Jun 27, 2014 3:52 pm

So with gas going up and up the cost of driving the bimmer to work 70km each way is starting to escalate, and not that happy clocking up the kms so fast either. My partner has appropriated the MX for her personal use and I was thinking of getting a little 1300cc beater for getting to and from work.

Any ideas? We have practically zero traffic down here, so don't need passing power, as long as it'll do 110 or so I'd be happy. As long as it was miserly on gas and not much outlay, I don't really want to spend over $2k or so, less if possible.

There are a heap of little cars out there, any I should steer well clear of?
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Post by Timmo » Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:43 pm

Budget?
Ex: 1991 BRG NA6, 1998 White RS, 1997 Wine Merlot M Edition

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Post by NicF » Fri Jun 27, 2014 4:53 pm

Under $2k if possible.
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Post by warrior » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:08 pm

How bout another mx5 :lol:
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Post by NicF » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:10 pm

Sure, if I can find one for that.
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Post by SLYDIT » Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:49 pm

find yourself a 90's injected starlet. run on the smell of the proverbial and easy to work on. not weighed down by safety BS and emissions crap.
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Post by 4A-GE » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:08 pm

... Or any civic.

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Post by Stevo » Fri Jun 27, 2014 6:12 pm

starlet, corolla, cynos, demio, sunny,
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Post by siren676 » Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:45 pm

Yep, go for a starlet, could get mine down to 5.5L/100k's when doing an economy drive.
Cynos would also be good, ive got the engine out of one in my starlet now and managed 400k's of thrashing to 3/4 of a tank on the cruise the other weekend
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Post by SLYDIT » Sun Jun 29, 2014 5:50 pm

if you dont mind doing a bit of spannering on ya car then a fiat punto is a good car too. parts are cheap as cheap and they are so easy to work on.
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Post by Furai » Sun Jun 29, 2014 6:19 pm

Alto/Mira/City for reaaaaaaally eco cars

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Post by 4A-GE » Sun Jun 29, 2014 6:43 pm

Subaru 360 or Daihatsu 360, if your eco penis just isn't big enough.

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Post by NicF » Sun Jun 29, 2014 7:49 pm

Ok thanks guys lots of good suggestions there. I guess I'll just keep my eyesopen see what pops up.
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Post by broomfish » Sun Jun 29, 2014 9:28 pm

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Post by TehAshleigh » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:55 am

I know they look gay, but a mid 90s nissan march?
SUPPPER tiny engine and awesome on fuel.
I had one for a while.

i looked a bit gay though.

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Post by TehAshleigh » Mon Jun 30, 2014 9:57 am

PS i work for a fiat dealer, so let me know if you want me to help you find a cheap second hand punto, chances are we probably have one in the used department

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Post by NicF » Mon Jun 30, 2014 2:59 pm

Thanks, a March does sound good. I'd hazard a guess that any of the fuel infected sub 1300 cars out there would be suitable. Ill do some asking around down here, see what's out there.

Thanks for the offer of a Punto, but I'm way down in the deep south so getting it would be a problem. My arm could be twisted for anything with a scorpion logo though!
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Post by SLYDIT » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:55 pm

my sister has a Punto Abarth...she LOVES it!
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Post by 4A-GE » Mon Jun 30, 2014 6:23 pm

New diesel 500 does a zillion k's to a litre too, but that's way out the budget.

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Post by SLYDIT » Mon Jun 30, 2014 7:28 pm

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