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Thread: commuter car or truck wanted, what do you drive to work?

  1. #1
    wsuwrhr
    After changing my commute from 7 miles on city streets from Upland to Chino, to 40 miles from SanBernardino to Chino via 215/15/60 I have decided I have to purchase ANOTHER car for this drive. HaHa. Fuel economy was never in my mind until now.
    I was wondering if anyone had a truck or car for sale.
    Maybe you have a good suggestion for what I should be looking for. What do you all drive to work? New, used, fixerupper, I don't know. I bought the last two weeks Recyclers and I haven't found anything interesting, partially because I don't really know what I should be looking for.
    Brian

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    1Bahnerjet
    Towing a Boat & Comuting to Work Contradict each other What I have is a V-6 Pathfinder (payed little over 5 Grand) gets 20 MPG and tows an '18 Jet Boat fine, I don't have Trailer Brakes so I have to Plan Ahead to Stop Everthing
    I don't have anything to Sell (except my Old Ranchero but it may only get 12 MPG not to mention it won't pass smog ) Good Luck

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    superdave013
    Brian, We traded. I now am 4 miles from the shop. Used to be 38 miles each way.
    Now I drive a gas hog but for the 9 years that I had the long haul I did have a cracker box.
    I know people will laugh but at the time I had a one ton crew cab 4X4 dually (about 6 mpg) and there was no way in hell I was driving that to work every day. My boat ran on VP C16 and that cost almost 7 bucks a gallon. I needed something that was cost effective.
    I bought GEO metro's. Hey, the fist one was around 7,500 brand new. It lasted 65,000+ trouble free miles before it got hit sitting in front of my house. (glad I was not in it)
    Then I bought another one and I think it was around 8K. I put over 100K on it and only have to put on one set of tires. That was a whopping 98 bucks installed.
    So other then the fact ya have to wear a mask so no one knows its you driving it they are great cars for what they are. Cheep and run for ever. I was getting 52 miles per gallon with my last one.
    I ran the holy **** out of those cars and they took it like a monster truck.

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    Outnumbered
    Metros are pretty reliable but I wouldn't want to get hit in one .
    IMO, there are three good commuters that you can buy new and get your money back out of when you get tired of driving them. They are a lot safer than a metro too. Corolla, Civic, or Toyota base std cab P/U. You can get any one brand new for under $12k if you go to Longo or any big dealer that whores them out. They will all go over 200k miles without a problem. The cars get about 35+ mpg and the truck probably high 20's. Any one of these used would be good too but they hold a good re-sale and sell quick. Beware of salvage title if you buy used.
    OL

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    goeasy8
    Buy yourself a cheap used toyota, mazda or nissan. 2500.00 to 3000.00 run the sucker into the ground then donate it to charity and get another. Thats what ive done.

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    Mohavekid
    I know how you feel, my drive is 63 miles each way.
    I got a 2000 Ford Escort ZX-2 for about $9500 new.
    It gets about 30 MPG. I have 105K miles on it now with virtually no problems and just basic maintenance.

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    superdave013
    Originally posted by Old Lavey
    Metros are pretty reliable but I wouldn't want to get hit in one .
    I always felt the same way.
    First one got hit while it was parked in front of my house. An S10 with a sleeping drunk hit it head on. Knocked it on the hood of my wife's car. Then it fell off her car was was on it's side on the side walk. But when they got it back on it's wheels I opend both doors to get my shit out of it. No one would have died in it as the steering wheel and everything else was still in place.
    The second one got rear ended by a toyota truck on the 22 freeway. (I was in it this time) It put a few holes in my bumper cover and trashed his front bumper and grill.
    Also they have dual air bags unlike both trucks that hit me.
    Don't get me wrong. I would much rather have a new base toy truck then that metro. Just pointing out what happened to the two that I owned. (get's over double the milage too)

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    ryantparks
    Its totally gay but my commuter is a 98 VW Bug Turbo Diesel that gets 46mpg on the freeway driving between 75 and 90mph!
    I go 84 miles one way to the San Fernando Valley and back home to South O.C
    I paid $10K for mine and Im expecting the thing to go 300k miles on the motor.
    My other rides are a supercrew, expedition and an Ultra!

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    fourspeednup
    I have a 99 ford contour V6 that could possibly be for sale soon. 23K
    (it was my great aunt's, rarely driven)
    I get about 25 mpg

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    77charger
    I am in the market for another car also.My plan is to avoid a new truck keep my burb since i prefer 4wd and its paid for, easy to fix and opt for a vette Its the plan for now but it might change

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