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Posted by 720Deere on September 12, 2005 at 17:53:48 from (70.17.229.231):
In Reply to: Re: OT- buying car to save on fuel costs... posted by jughead 2 on September 12, 2005 at 16:53:41:
I started reading these posts and lauged when I got to this one. It is exactly what I was going to suggest. Find a Honda Accord with 120K to 150K on the dial. They are very affordable and will run almost forever. My brother has always kept a Honda around for this very reason and I have owned them myself. I never spent any major money on one except for the flex part of the exhaust. They will run upwards of 250,000 easily without much repair work. Other than a $2,000 to $3,000 car like the Honda, I can't justify buying another car to "save" on gas.
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