Originally Posted by Spaceman Spiff
An early 90's Geo Metro with the 1.0 liter 3 cylinder engine got 58 mpg and it only costed $7000 brand new, not to mention it was far easier to maintain than a Prius and didn't come with expensive hazardous batteries. But then again a smugger-than-thou ultraliberal Sanfranciscan hippie wouldn't be seen driving one of those....
You know what, I had one of those, a 1994. In 18 months I put over 100,000 on it. That thing ran and ran and ran...the only thing I had to do was a spark plug wire. Plus, if it dies, it'd not like you spent 50,00 on the thing.