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Sep 16, 2004 | 04:57 PM

JohnAW

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One Last Car

If you was to buy your last car of your life and you wanted very good gas mileage with comfort, what would be your choice? Now remember you are not rich but in the middle class. You are retired.

Sep 16, 2004 | 04:59 PM

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Hyundai, without a doubt. They are cheap, well made, great warranty, and reliable. Their comfort level is amazing.

Sep 16, 2004 | 05:46 PM

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Toyata Celica

Sep 16, 2004 | 06:42 PM

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I'd say the gas mileage on my Ford truck is pretty good...

...compared to one of those huge strip mining dump trucks!

I guess then I'd have to say I'd just drive my old truck

Sep 16, 2004 | 06:59 PM

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Subaru WRX. safe, all wheel drive, and most importantly, fast.

Sep 17, 2004 | 02:59 AM

Mike W

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I would get a re-done 65 Mustang with a few upgrades. The money saved would buy a lot of fuel.

Sep 17, 2004 | 07:18 AM

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Hmmm.... I would have to a v6 mustang... They can be had used for 6 to 7 grand, and get decent fuel mileage.... THey look nice too.

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Sep 17, 2004 | 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by jroehl

I'd probably have to go with a VW TDi of some sort, probably Passat, maybe Jetta.

Good luck trying to find a Passat TDI though, they're making new ones but they're very hard to get. My friend was *trying* to buy one and called many dealers, none of them were able to help him unless he ordered one. They said the other dealers wouldn't transfer them unless they had one to trade in return.

So my friend decided to put a few K into fixing up his 96 TDI.

Sep 17, 2004 | 03:37 PM

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I :heart: my Celica, that gets my vote.

Sep 17, 2004 | 04:37 PM

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Toyota Avalon, as it is big enough for old men, and could be retrofitted with a padded vinyl roof with convertible bars and wire wheel covers with those nifty gold trimmed whitewalls.

The glaucoma crowd would think it was a new model Grandpa Marquis.....