Cars that get good gas mileage(first car)

[dontknow]

Hey so im getting my first car and i need something that gets really gas mileage, cant afford new cars, but if you could suggest some models of cars that are good on gas.

[Kardon]

Something with a 4 cylinder is a safe bet.

[brownboi]

what are you looking for tho? 2 door? 4 door?
theres lots out there,
civic's
celica's
corolla's
accord's
prelude's

all mentioned are cheap and have good gas milage and are also cheap and easy to maintain as well

[dontknow]

At the moment since i need a car soon and that is affordable i will take anything thats in good condition. but i really like older cars(basically anything from the 70s...yes i even like gremlins :P) but since i dont know anything about cars mechanically and have a smallish price range that is kinda out of the picture

[CTSV]

Forget anything from the 70's and 80's unless you want to spend big bucks fixing it up
Look for something no one else wants. ie I bought a 92 Ford Escort for $400. put about $100 repairing a couple of things. Drove it for about a month that I needed it, sold it for $500. The guy uses it everyday. It isn't pretty and it is rusty but it runs.
Ford Escort, Topaz, GM Cavalier, Sunfire cheap and cheap parts.
Late 90's about $1000.
Honda same vintage will be $3000! or more.

[badatusrnames]

Geo Metro, Ford Festiva.

[ShermanEF9]

EK civics are cheap these days

[SupraEnthusiast]

Jetta TDI have 55 mpg but there like 32 gs

[Ferio_vti]

Originally posted by Kardon
Something with a 4 cylinder is a safe bet.

A 4 cyl under 2L anyways. My 2001 Prelude and Lancer Sportback are both 4 cyl, but over 2L. The mileage on both of them suck.

[Drsuce]

85-89 toyota MR2.... very fun car and very cheap on fuel wish i still had mine! back in the days of 49.9 fuel $15 would get me a touch over 400KM... thats still under $30/fill today!!

haha...back then i'd give the cashier a 20, get a pack of smokes and fill er up... now? lol!

[tarrantas]

VW's are epic in the reliability and gas mileage fields. My 98 Jetta is not running so great any more, it's getting pretty old but I still get a guarunteed 600 to the 54L tank.

[dam_guy]

first of all, what's your price range and what's the ideal purpose of the car? you just trying to get from point a to point b. and do you have a preference between auto/manual?

[Cooked Rice]

good old civic EF

[B4tMan]

get a mazda protege / 3. Ours uses about 6l / 100 in the city

[JordanAndrew]

Originally posted by brownboi
what are you looking for tho? 2 door? 4 door?
theres lots out there,
civic's
celica's
corolla's
accord's
prelude's

all mentioned are cheap and have good gas milage and are also cheap and easy to maintain as well

Since when was a Prelude good on gas? I owned 2 Preludes and they weren't exactly good on gas. That and the fact that it only takes premium. The rest of your list seems to be on the ball though, maybe the accord might be a maybe.

For a first car you can't really go wrong with a Civic.

[4doorj]

I dont know how good sentra's are but I see alot of them selling for really cheap.

[dr_jared88]

Saturn SL's/IONs are great first cars. Cheap on gas, reliable and dent proof doors! haha

[Tomaz]

Originally posted by CTSV
Ford Escort, Topaz, GM Cavalier, Sunfire cheap and cheap parts.
Late 90's about $1000.
Honda same vintage will be $3000! or more.

[sputnik]

It would probably help if you said what kind of budget you are working with.

[n1zm0]

my DA9 teg winter beater gets 470-500ish per tank, however 80% of my work drive is highway or 80km/h + speed limits, coincidentally on a side note i gained an extra 50-75km/tank when shell introduced that nitrogen enriched gas ( or maybe it was just me cracked out)