Hondog is supposed to be bringing a Diesel car to the US in the 09 models. Not sure if that includes CA or not. Might be worth a look, as it is reputed to be quite thrifty. A jetta Dissel is nice. Around here, a pretty decent Dodge caravan can be had for a few thou. Not a mileage winner, but very useful for going to your cottage and a lot of other stuff. Will get way better mileage than you pickup. If she only puts on 5 or 6 k miles/10k kliks, then the cheapness fo the grand caravan will offset the little but of extra fuel.
At 11:42 AM 9/8/2008, you wrote: >R A Bennell wrote: > > Unfortunately, my wife had a mishap with her car this weekend that > > may well be the end of it. Unfortunate as it was a nice car. A 1998 > > Toyota Avalon with only about 75K miles on it. Clean, no rust etc. I > > just put 4 new strut assemblies and new back brakes on it about a > > month ago. I was about to put a timing belt in it and to change the > > anti-freeze. They may fix it but I am not sure we want to keep it if > > they do. It took a fairly major hit on the front. Bad enough to break > > things like the radiator. She is fine so that is the most important > > thing but she is rather upset about her car. > >I don't think breaking the radiator is that big of a problem. Posting >pictures would give you some opinions as to how road worthy it is. > > > Sort of lost on what to buy as a replacement however. Anyone with a > > crystal ball out there? Fuel mileage keeps coming to the forefront on > > our thoughts. A Honda Civic maybe? Don't really like small cars but > > most of her driving is very close to home so that might be alright. > > Don't want to spend a fortune but she will not be happy with any sort > > of a fixer upper so it has to be something relatively new. > >I recently saw the engine bay of a 2008 4-cylinder Honda Accord. It was >cavernous! Would be super easy to work on in the future. Not sure >about mileage though. I've also done A/C work on a '92 Civic... was >very impressed at how easy it was to work on the car. Removed the >evaporator in about 1 hour!! > >John > > > > >_______________________________________ >http://www.okiebenz.com >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com Loren Faeth _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
