What's a good reliable daily driver?

[Lud]

I've been on the lookout for a cheap car that gets good mpg because whenever my jeep is down I end up driving the diesel (at 489 a gallon) or riding the motorcycle (which is fun but sucks when you do it every day and won't be good in the winter).

I've considered an old escort, honda, geo, ect. Are there any others ones that would be reilable? Looking for cheap ones.

[White trash]

If you can find pretty much any honda, Toyota, nissan etc you'll be fine as they literally run forever with pretty much no cash put into it...

[sams88]

I've got an old ex-Forest Service Cherokee, manual trans, and it's what I use for my daily driver and trips over to visit my mother in Moscow. I get 22 on the highway on the uphill run over there with it, and 24 on the downhill return trip. The automatics don't do so well though. And you can find Cherokee's around for pretty decent prices. And I like them cause you can still carry stuff in them. But then maybe you want one of the smaller things that gets better mileage than that. ??

[Lurch]

My escort is a pretty good car. It may not be pretty but it gets great gas mileage. But pretty much any small car as long as it has been taken care of will run forever. Just keep watching craigslist and the nickel. Cheep cars that get good mpg are getting harder to come by with the price of fuel.

[dangerranger]

Find yourself an older Subaru. Preferably '92 or newer. Legacy body not the old Loyale. A couple co-workers have picked these up for a few hundred. Of course not all of them are going to be as good as others. Plus, they may seem a bit intimidating to work on but first hand knowledge can help ya out. I would like to find one myself but haven't looked very hard at all.

[tenikiwon]

If you can find pretty much any honda, Toyota, nissan etc you'll be fine as they literally run forever with pretty much no cash put into it...

ditto!

Laugh if you want but my Sammy gets 21 MPG no matter how I drive it and is still a 4x4. When the wife took a highway trip with it she got 25MPG and was doing 80 at times. I myself am looking for a decent DD but for the price of a Zuk (at least the bargans I've gotten) I can't compare to anything else. Our '05 Civic gets 38+ MPG... then again it's an '05

[Lud]

Here's a geo metro I found. LOL

http://kpr.craigslist.org/cto/783298758.html

What do you think?

[iaccocca]

It is not lifted, but here is my buddies Metro.



He gets 46 mph (without the canoe.)

[tenikiwon]

He gets 46 mph (without the canoe.)

Holy crap, I want one!