Re: Beater economics

From: Barry Oliver (barrysuperhawk@insightbb.com)
Date: Fri Apr 06 2007 - 18:19:21 EDT


Not a METRO... if you are really looking at a GEO, a mid 90's prizim is
the hot ticket. mine has 263000 miles and still gets 38 mpg on the
road... under the sheetmetal it's all toyota. Metro's are SuZukis
iirc, and not as durable...

Michael Maskalans wrote:
>
>
> On Apr 5, 2007, at 10:10, Jason Bleazard wrote:
>
>> I've been debating the merits of trading my '95 Dakota for a smaller
>> car.
>
>
> If you're really that hard up, sell the Dakota, get an 80s Civic or
> maybe a Metro (I'd trust the Civic to need less work). Will be the
> best mileage from a cheap car that you'll get, and it's not like you'll
> find something that you really *like* in that price range that will
> also get significantly-enough improved mileage to justify it. Might be
> able to find one with ABS and auto seatbelts for maximum insurance
> discounts....
>
> Okay, enough of my mumbling, back to lurking. Too busy to keep up on
> this stuff lately!
>
> --
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