Cheap new car with good mileage

[71chevellejohn]

Just bought this Honda CRZ. I had a GMC Sierra 1500 SLT full 4 door loadad leather etc etc...
Got tired of 88 dollar fill ups every 4 days! This is s Hybrid,electric/gas. 35/41 gas mileage!My GMC was getting 14.6 average.(stock GMC 5.3l)

That average seems pretty low(unless it was a 4x4). None of mine(3 different 5.3 crew cabs) have ever had the average mileage that low.

[JimD]

Fuck VW in the ass.

That aint no shit, got an 03 beetle in the shop with a burned up wiring harness to fuck with this week.

[BP]

That aint no shit, got an 03 beetle in the shop with a burned up wiring harness to fuck with this week.

Was it the battery cables or the fan motors? I know they had a recall on those for one of those problems.

[Taylor]

That average seems pretty low(unless it was a 4x4). None of mine(3 different 5.3 crew cabs) have ever had the average mileage that low.

I drive an '08 sierra and get high 15's in the city. It sucks.

[Sgt Beavis]

Most of VW's quality issues seem to stem from the Puebla, Mexico plant. The Jetta, New Beetle, and older Golf are all built there. I think the new Golfs are built in Germany. My wife had THREE New Beetle and they all had issues here or there but the last one (a convertable) was a POS. I haven't written off VW completely but I won't buy anything built at that new plant..

BTW, the next generation of the Passat will be built in VW's new Tennessee plant.

[8mpg]

The CRZ is way out of budget...not a fan of hybrids either. A guy at my fiance's work got a loaded Kia Optima for $24k...heated and cooled seats, nav, heated steering wheel, etc. Hell, $24k would almost buy a very lightly used IS250 if you search hard enough.

[aggie97]

Mazda 3. I had one a few weeks ago as a rental for 4 days. FUN car and not bad at all. in a 5spd, it would probably be fun as shit.

Shop well and I bet you could find one for 13k... If I bought a new commuter car right now it would be the fiesta or Mazda3.