Eventually.. the ranger is going bye bye.

[Mark_88]

I was going to suggest a Tempo since I had an 89 and drove it for 14 years...they're not the best on gas but they are generally very reliable and you can get them with a 3.0 litre v6...

Other than that...and old Suzuki Sidekick...they get about 30 mpg and they have 4wd as an option ... I think I've used the 4wd twice since I bought mine...and that was only very slippery snowy weather with 4 ft drifts...biggest problem is the tank only holds 40 litres and that makes the range about 400 km on a tank...OK if you only drive ten or twenty km a day...

 

[koda6966]

Other than that...and old Suzuki Sidekick...they get about 30 mpg and they have 4wd as an option ... I think I've used the 4wd twice since I bought mine...and that was only very slippery snowy weather with 4 ft drifts...biggest problem is the tank only holds 40 litres and that makes the range about 400 km on a tank...OK if you only drive ten or twenty km a day...

They're kinda like a Geo Tracker right?

 

[flyingbrick]

First I must say I just skimmed the posts but let me tell you first hand DO NOT BUY A FIERO. There crap (my girl has one were trying to sell) there not worth anything now but cause there ''rare'' people think there gold, they have plastic bodies to hide the rust and oh they like to rust, hard on gas with a small tank like 6gallons, ride like crap, only 3 speed auto, the worst head light motors you could find, and working on those POS don’t get me stared please, no room in them for anything they may look nice but your young avoid them like the plague, find a nice Festiva with a manual parts are dirt cheap in the us, and if you take care of it you can easily get 45MPG+.

Sorry for the rant.

one last thing only the 84 Fieros burst into flame, cause of a smaller oil pan, if you ran it low on oil the con rods would snap, poking a hole into the block spitting oil at the nice hot exhaust manifold causing fire, oh and the panels above the engine bay were made of magnesium (make for a nice bright flame)

 

[cr_the_machinist]

They're kinda like a Geo Tracker right?

Yep, they are quite a bit alike.

 

[Born24wheel]

The next option for me would be a bike, I have about a 10 mile commute, but at 50-70 mpg on a bike would be great. Thats usually not an option for everyone though. Just a thought. A geo would be nice at about 40+mpg, but their still way too small.

 

[koda6966]

First I must say I just skimmed the posts but let me tell you first hand DO NOT BUY A FIERO. There crap (my girl has one were trying to sell) there not worth anything now but cause there ''rare'' people think there gold, they have plastic bodies to hide the rust and oh they like to rust, hard on gas with a small tank like 6gallons, ride like crap, only 3 speed auto, the worst head light motors you could find, and working on those POS don’t get me stared please, no room in them for anything they may look nice but your young avoid them like the plague

Fiero is out. I was only considering them, not running out and getting one.

Yep, they are quite a bit alike.

Every time I think of one of them in my driveway I laugh. But its a possibility. Not all that good on gas though. 20-25 mpg I think?

The next option for me would be a bike, I have about a 10 mile commute, but at 50-70 mpg on a bike would be great. Thats usually not an option for everyone though.

I would still need the secondary transportation of a larger vehicle.. for winter.
Plus, I don't have a motorcycle license. And since you were talking about mpg I'm assuming that you were talking about them, and not bicycles.

--Edit--
What do you all think about the 4th gen (1992-1995) Honda Civics?
I think they get around 35mpg.

 

[JFA_Spyderman]

Yo,
Check out early 2000's Hyundai Accent's. The basic models get 30+ MPG, and cost between 2-5k.

 

[flyingbrick]

Yo,
Check out early 2000's Hyundai Accent's. The basic models get 30+ MPG, and cost between 2-5k.

There good little cars new but if you get rough with them, or have an auto after about 75000 miles they start going to hell FAST, there a one time use car.

 

[bobbywalter]

I really don't see the prices going down.. It's just going to go higher and higher.


.

at @ 90-120 bbl tar sands/shales/liquifactions are double profits of the 30 dollar and under per bbl oil was going for the prevois 20-30 years.


i know china and india are booming at a 10 to 1 rate or people but the efficiency of product is way better then the 30 years prior as well.


prices have to come down evenually once shit gets rolling on the sands.

 

[matt32]

jeez only 18mpg, yea you probably need a tune up cuz my 96 ext cab 4.0 4x4 gets 22mpg

 

[mhughes165]

Fiero is out. I was only considering them, not running out and getting one.

Every time I think of one of them in my driveway I laugh. But its a possibility. Not all that good on gas though. 20-25 mpg I think?

I would still need the secondary transportation of a larger vehicle.. for winter.
Plus, I don't have a motorcycle license. And since you were talking about mpg I'm assuming that you were talking about them, and not bicycles.

--Edit--
What do you all think about the 4th gen (1992-1995) Honda Civics?
I think they get around 35mpg.

hey, dont knock the trackers, those things are alot better then people give them credit,

5.19's
16 valve motor
5spd
and 32's

and i got 30mpg aroudn town, and just over 35 on trips
and i was locked front and rear.....

when wheelin in 4wd the whole time and a heavy right foot i would still get atleast 25mpg

(take note, none of the trackers came this way from the factory, but with a junkyard and a week worth of time u can do one just the same)

 

[ccryder]

My $.02 worth, Suzukis are great vehicles, got a bad rep in the 80's for no real reason. I spent 2 years in Iceland, very harsh conditions, great wheeling, the are Suzukis everywhere, great mileage, (for a 4x4), easy to work on, very tough and well made. I've had a Samurai and 2 trackers, never let me down. Hit a wall on the freeway doing 60mph after hitting black ice, walked away from it. (3 car wreck, Tracker looked the best of all of them....) I've never gotten anywhere near 30 mpg in one though, don't think that's possible in any real 4x4, (AWDs don't count)

Fieros, I agree, stay away from them. Had a GT in '86, loved it at the time until it started breaking down, was in the shop more than in my driveway the last 6 mos, parts are difficult to find now, they didn't make them that long. The front end components were upside down Chevette parts or something wierd like that, real light duty.

I agree with the opinion of a Ford Festiva, (not the Aspire). I had one and drove the @#$%@#$% out it delivering pizzas for dominos. GREAT little car, got 45+ mpg, drove it like a banshee, ran like a top the whole time, parts were cheap, brand new tires were about $40!!! would love to find another one, don't seem to be any around here for sale. I'd stay away from the Geos and Justy's with 3 cyl motors, just not natural! The Suzuki swifts are good too, light and same as a Geo metro but had the larger 4 cyl motor.

Good luck with your search!

 

[mhughes165]

I've never gotten anywhere near 30 mpg in one though, don't think that's possible in any real 4x4, (AWDs don't count)

my tracker wasnt one that ever came from the factory that way, mine took the best parts of all the models and rolled them into one

i took the 3rd memebers from a 8valve 5spd truck, along with the trans and all 5spd components, swapped them into my automatic that had the 16 valve motor and the higher gears, and it was the perfect combination, for those vehicles the autos were always a bit doggid, and the 5spds(on the 8 valve) were doggid aswell. so i took the best of both worlds and i shit myself with the mileage change(got about 25 highway when it was a auto on 31's with the stock componenets)

 

[snake]

You buy anything from the early 90's and it is going to be a POS, even the civic. You will be spending big bucks keeping it running, plus the $2K to buy it. I say curb unneccesary driving and drive the ranger. You can buy a lot of gas for $2K!

And I agree. Fieros are plastic peices of crap. I don't do GM as a rule, especially an older, plastic POS.

 

[superrocker10]

Yo,
Check out early 2000's Hyundai Accent's. The basic models get 30+ MPG, and cost between 2-5k.

buying a hyundai is like buying a car from the dollar store

hey, dont knock the trackers, those things are alot better then people give them credit,

5.19's
16 valve motor
5spd
and 32's

and i got 30mpg aroudn town, and just over 35 on trips
and i was locked front and rear.....

when wheelin in 4wd the whole time and a heavy right foot i would still get atleast 25mpg

(take note, none of the trackers came this way from the factory, but with a junkyard and a week worth of time u can do one just the same)

nice tracker