Reliable wheels
02-10-2013 | 04:57 PM
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Reliable wheels
I'm looking at getting an airport car to drive locally but on occasions can reliably make a 6 hour drive home. So milage wise I've limited my option to cars less than 130k miles. I have been looking cars similar to Hondas, Nissans and the Ford Focus that get decent gas mileage.
Any of you recommend a specific make and model?
Any of you recommend a specific make and model?
02-10-2013 | 05:49 PM
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I have an 01 Camry, 4-cylinder model, as an airport/drill car. Gets about 33 mpg highway/28 city. Enough room that I can " live" out of it when I need to for MIL stuff but still has cheap insurance rates and decent fuel economy.
02-10-2013 | 06:08 PM
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He has a point ... a had a VW as an airport car in MEM for several years and had trouble finding people to work on it. I replaced the VW with an American made SUV and later a Mustang ... no problem gettin' work done on my 'American' cars
02-10-2013 | 06:17 PM
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Memphis and I agree on serviceability. I maybe be wrong but it seems like many of the Japanese brands can rack up the miles.
02-10-2013 | 11:46 PM
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That has not been my experiance, and I own three of them. My 2003 Passat with 115,000 miles has been rock solid, and my 2000 Golf with 126,000 hard miles is without a doubt the best car that I have ever owned. It is too soon to judge the 2012 GTI, but I notice that my wife tends to take that car and lets her E90 sit in the garage.
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