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What is good to great MPG for a vehicle?

TickTockMan

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My current car gets 34 MPG highway. If things work out alright I am thinking about getting a Dodge Ram or Charger. Both of which from their site says get 17 MPG in town and 24 highway.


Is 17 MPG in town and 24 highway still good or is it considered low?
 
17 mpg in city is rather low these days. I wouldn't consider anything less than 30 mpg good.
 
The last car I owned was one I bought before Canada switched to metric. It got about 45 mpg highway and 35 mpg city.

I would have thought mileage would have improved over the past 30 years.
 
Phillyurban8 said:
That's pathetically low. Do you really want to spend $70 filling up your gas tank?
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Keeping cost down is part of why I am asking. I know nothing about cars or trucks.


Why do you need such large vehicles? Have you looked at the Ford Escape?
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1) I am a big guy.
2) I have some physical limitations which make a slightly larger vehicle more suitable for me.


The only reason I am thinking of a Ram or Charger though is because I have rented them and they worked well for me. I will look into an Escape since you brought it up.
 
gsdx said:
The last car I owned was one I bought before Canada switched to metric. It got about 45 mpg highway and 35 mpg city.
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As far as I know only hybrids get that kind of MPG around here. I’ve only did basic research though.

I would have thought mileage would have improved over the past 30 years.
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I was thinking the same thing. My current car is a 1994.
 
It depends on the vehicle.

If a pickup meets your needs, then 24 is pretty good. But if a Prius won't get the job done, then its 40+ is useless. I suggest you investigate the Ford Fusion (Hybrid). It's similar in size to the Charger.
 
gsdx said:
I would have thought mileage would have improved over the past 30 years.
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It has, but in a very roundabout way that isn't terribly meaningful.

If you truly compare apples to apples and take the same body style and give it an engine that has the same power rating (of 20 years ago) there is a significant fuel economy increase.

But the increase in fuel economy has been covered up completely because we drive cars with engines that are too large based on historical standards. It's not only that we drive cars that are too big. But even those small cars have an engine that is much too large.
 
Civic may be too small for you. Check out Honda Accord, CRV or Element. All relatively roomy vehicles that good fuel mileage and are inexpensive to own in the long run. They also hold their value extremely well so they will still be worth something when your done with them.
 
jimneighboursfortynine said:
^ Then you may have to get a Honda Civic! Great mileage but typical Honda road noise and creaking in the doors...
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1gayguy said:
Civic may be too small for you. Check out Honda Accord, CRV or Element. All relatively roomy vehicles that good fuel mileage and are inexpensive to own in the long run. They also hold their value extremely well so they will still be worth something when your done with them.
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Unless Civics have gotten bigger since I last bought they are in fact too small for me. The only reason I have the car now that I do was because it was the first car I tried to sit in and I could sit up in it. All of the others I had to slide down in the seat.


I will give CRV and Element at look at. I already drive an Accord (and I love it), but with my disablities I am wanting a taller vehicle.
 
Along with the CR-V, the Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester are the top rated 4 cylinder SUVs which might be good choices to meet your needs. I'd pass on the Element, its the lowest rated Honda product and being discontinued this summer.

The April Car issue of Consumer Reports would give you a lot of useful info.
 
gsdx said:
The last car I owned was one I bought before Canada switched to metric. It got about 45 mpg highway and 35 mpg city.

I would have thought mileage would have improved over the past 30 years.
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I can't think of any car getting that good mileage in the early 80s. what kind of car was it?
 
Ontariobear said:
Along with the CR-V, the Toyota RAV4 and Subaru Forester are the top rated 4 cylinder SUVs which might be good choices to meet your needs. I'd pass on the Element, its the lowest rated Honda product and being discontinued this summer.

The April Car issue of Consumer Reports would give you a lot of useful info.
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I’m not ruling any vehicle out as of yet, but I would like to stay away from SUVs. When I rent cars, “full” sized seems to work well for me so that is about as large as I want to get.

Other than that I am really leaning towards a 2006 to a 2010 model of whatever I buy. I keep reading and hearing buying brand new is a waste of money. I would like to spend no more than $20,000 but I'm not even sure if that is too little or too much for what I am wanting. At any rate I figure I am about a year away from buying anything, even though my car is broke down.
 
Toyota Avalon holds up very well used and is considered a large car.

The SUVs mentioned are not large, they're considered compact SUVs.
 
I just got done looking at the government website http://www.fueleconomy.gov to compare all of the vehicles mentioned. The Toyota Avalon was my favorite in looks behind the two I was already interested in.

Unfortunately besides another Accord or a hybrid of some kind all of the vehicles mentioned in this thread appear to have about the same MPGs. I think the biggest difference was four more miles to a gallon. I doubt that the difference would matter much to me. I wouldn’t be driving all that much anyways.
 
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I'm sure that they will start out very high unless the government subsidizes it. One guess I read was around $65k

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wow...a 2.64 gallon tank.
 
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