What thirsty car?

triumph5 wrote:

Platinum90 wrote: one of my co-workers has a 914 that he stuffed a 3.2 liter 6 with S cams and triple webers. he gets less than 10 miles to the gallon...

Would like to see pics of that installation. Did he flare the wheel wells, or "box" them?

The previous owner stuck fiberglass flares on it.

Shoes or a good bike?

This is one of the more confusing questions that come up- you are essentially asking a group of people to post their favorite cars.

What's your or your wife's favorite car in the price rage? Get it. Should have noting to do if I like Alfas or wheels like small block chevy's.

It's YOUR happiness, not ours.

Eric

bravenrace wrote: I'll sell you this real cra-, I mean cheap. 500ft-lbs of torque (see it towing a house in the picture), all the room in the world (crew cab, yeah baby!), and it gets 6mpg. The mileage has improved though since my clever use of rust to reduce weight (I'm an engineer). Oh, and the bed dumps and it has new re-treaded tires, too!!! And it will still be good if you want to expand your family!

Cripes, can't let my wife see this thread. She's been shopping around for a truck just like that. Scaring the heck out of me by doing it.

Seriously, if I had a .6 mile commute I'd ride my bike or walk like someone else said.

I'd then buy myself a barely street legal fun car or bike for hoonage after work since I'd have all that extra time on my hands not commuting 2hrs each way.

A late 70s early 80s 25' Winnebago with a big block. You should reliably see 4-6 mpg around town. Try to carry speed up hills on the freeway all loaded up it might actually get you into the .XX miles per gallon. It is a fantastic feeling.

bravenrace wrote: I'll sell you this real cra-, I mean cheap. 500ft-lbs of torque (see it towing a house in the picture), all the room in the world (crew cab, yeah baby!), and it gets 6mpg. The mileage has improved though since my clever use of rust to reduce weight (I'm an engineer). Oh, and the bed dumps and it has new re-treaded tires, too!!! And it will still be good if you want to expand your family!

"The "Friends of OPEC" award went to the 5th-place Chevy truck captained by Dennis Menesini. Dennis the menace, voted the real mad-dog of this year's Cannonball, carried 165 gallons of fuel in a wild pick-up that had already logged 40,000 miles. It averaged 4.7 mpg - and outran a California Highway Patrol at 130 mph! Menesini, who made his mark right at the start by trail-blazing up an earth bank from the Lock Stock and Barrel's back yard straight onto the Freeway, was alleged to have unmercifully jammed the radar of other competitors, including the winning Jaguar. "

Batman: Mad Dog, you ARE going to take the shortcut to the Interstate, aren't you?

Mad Dog: We're here to win, ain't we? If you're gonna be a bear, BE A GRIZZLY!

Both: ARRR!

Cripes, can't let my wife see this thread. She's been shopping around for a truck just like that. Scaring the heck out of me by doing it.

If your wife likes old GM trucks here ya go. 454 and a 4.10 rear combine for poor mileage but a good tow vehicle. At $2,000.00 you can spend the leftover money on gas to drive it home.

The wife had a 1.2 mile commute every day for a couple years.... We had a 2001 Suzuki Grand Vitara 4x4. on hte highway it would get 25mpg. Driving around town about 19-20mpg, and her drive to and from work 11mpg. It never even reached operating temp in the winter.

bravenrace wrote: I'll sell you this real cra-, I mean cheap. 500ft-lbs of torque (see it towing a house in the picture), all the room in the world (crew cab, yeah baby!), and it gets 6mpg. The mileage has improved though since my clever use of rust to reduce weight (I'm an engineer). Oh, and the bed dumps and it has new re-treaded tires, too!!! And it will still be good if you want to expand your family!

I had one of those! 1986 F350 Crew cab dually longbed. 6mpg highway, local, a/c on, a/c off, towing, not towing, didnt matter... always 6mpg... but i loved it! just couldnt afford the gas, but it certainly was fast and handled great!

alfadriver wrote: Shoes or a good bike? This is one of the more confusing questions that come up- you are essentially asking a group of people to post their favorite cars. What's your or your wife's favorite car in the price rage? Get it. Should have noting to do if I like Alfas or wheels like small block chevy's. It's YOUR happiness, not ours. Eric

Maybe to spur ideas about forgotten options?

Land Cruiser! FJ60, 62, or 80, your choice!

924guy wrote:

bravenrace wrote: I'll sell you this real cra-, I mean cheap. 500ft-lbs of torque (see it towing a house in the picture), all the room in the world (crew cab, yeah baby!), and it gets 6mpg. The mileage has improved though since my clever use of rust to reduce weight (I'm an engineer). Oh, and the bed dumps and it has new re-treaded tires, too!!! And it will still be good if you want to expand your family!

I had one of those! 1986 F350 Crew cab dually longbed. 6mpg highway, local, a/c on, a/c off, towing, not towing, didnt matter... always 6mpg... but i loved it! just couldnt afford the gas, but it certainly was fast and handled great!

Sooooo, you want another one?

I've had an '85 Chevy C-30 Dooley for the last 10 years. Fortunately, it's not my DD, but it's always there when I need a truck. And everybody needs a truck now and then.

Gas mileage really isn't bad. I can get close to 10 mpg on a good day.

I'm liking the rx8. I'd always discounted them because of the mileage.

The reason for the thread was to remind me of cars that weren't on my radar because I have always needed something to comute with. I'm sure she'll walk to work in the summer.

What about a hemi Satelite? Gets about 6-8mpg, and can carry 3 car seats

First idea that comes to mind- buy Old huge engine caddy, Hack saw to Miata weight, hold bets on what the mileage will be to pay off the car

Man, What I'd do with a 5 min commute.

94-96 Impala SS FTW

ScottRA21 wrote:

jrw1621 wrote: Subaru: the fuel economy of a V8 wrapped in a much smaller 4 cyl package.

RX-7: the fuel economy of a V8 wrapped in an even smaller package! Oh, wait...car seat...dang.

well that's easily solved...RX-8. should be getting into that $10k price range about now. although the .6 mile commute might be tough on the engine, which means you'd need to rev the snot out of it on the weekends to keep it healthy. maybe even every weekend.

a lot to ask, but nothing good ever came without sacrifice.

http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/1815421967.html

This. A Hudson Hornet.

Something silly and a bicycle to get to work...

I'd say recreate a Cheetah, but then there's that whole carseat thing... a Corvette motor with the weight of a Miata and looks that could kill if the huge power/weight ratio didn't get you first. not sure how carseat friendly this would be, but SBC swapped MGB GT?

of course, you could build a simply nasty autocross/HPDE/time attack-ish Myers Manx with double wishbone IFS from something and maybe a trailing arm/swingarm rear suspension (the old, 80" wheelbase one, there are a few nifty Manx bodies in production in the UK that have optional sidepods and hardtop, and Meyers is using their old molds to make new 80" wheelbase Manx bodies), or build from a new Manxter and get true 4-seats. good thing about the Manx is even though it's most comfortable with 2 seats, you can build a dedicated mount for the carseat, maybe even use old rubber bushings to reduce any possible vibration that might get through to Jr's seat

Well, the wife doesn't want an rx8. She wants a wagon and it has to look classy. Shes thinking an e39 wagon or Subaru of some sort. Well see...

Until someone mentioned a huge cadillac the answer was going to be a mercedes, either a 560sel, 280sel 4.5, 280 6.3, or the mighty 450 6.9. I just put 22 gallons into my car, so either a caddy or mercedes will eat the gas.

Did Imperial make a wagon?