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Old 07-04-2011, 03:27 PM
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03 Northstar Caddy. Keeps the V8 rumble, has reasonable grunt, comfortable as hell and will pull about 26-27 mpg on the highway. A tank in the snow too. You need to be a reasonably capable mechanic to own one I think...a lot of small stuff breaks.
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Originally Posted by MaroMan
TBSS and wouldnt have it any other way for now.

X2 2006 tbss lt here(15mpg), also got an 09 harley(48mpg) for nice days and of course the ta(18mpg) i just bought but rarely drive
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07 Envoy Denali. About 17mpg.
Old 07-04-2011, 07:23 PM
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2001 Sunfire GT. Got me threw upstate NY winters and some pretty bad storms here in PA. The little coupe that could.
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My daily driver is my 02 Z28..
Old 07-05-2011, 06:55 AM
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Fbodys do make amazing daily I did it in my last car till it got wrecked but if I buy another one im gonna make it a race car
Old 07-05-2011, 10:19 AM
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Depends what you need it for, and IF fuel milage is a real considation and ultimately the utility of the vehicle will weigh out overall.

TO me the car needs to be reliable and not going to have issues 3-8 years down the road.

Example, paid $1500 for a 2000 Buick Century 50ish on the odom and needed just basic matience and tires and gets when driving correctly 20-26 mpg on ave 50/50 freeway/in town mix.

Wife has a DD 2007 HHR Auto that gets upwards of 24-29 mpg but imo they have issues but depends on what you get.

If it came down to a new DD I was eyeing Fords and some Buicks.
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Too much reading... Whats your daily commute like?

I take my CTS-V DD becasue I commute 8 miles to work...

If i still drove much more than that I would need a MPG car not a HP car.


From my old car... Subaru Legacy GT 05+. They are turbo and fund to drive and AWD and can get 25+mpg. Also comfortable and the heated seats/mirrors/wipers come in handy in the winter.
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1996 S10 2wd 195,000, long bed, 4.3 Auto.
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Summer: Car in sig (rain or shine)

Winter: BMW 330ci
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Why I liked the subaru in the winter

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igD7K...ature=youtu.be

Seeing i bought the V after our big snow storm... ALl I can say is i am VERY glad my wife has a SUV now. Get me to work that way.
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oh and BTW I sold my MINT stage 2.5 270hp 300lbft 56000 mile car for 15,000 this year. So you can get em well within your range.
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Daily a dirty 200500+ mile 07 Avalanche
Originally Posted by SKULL
Fbodys do make amazing daily I did it in my last car till it got wrecked but if I buy another one im gonna make it a race car
with or w/out splitter ?
Old 07-05-2011, 05:41 PM
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MMy commute is 25 miles a day round trip if I don't go to other places after work
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Originally Posted by Devilish34
Daily a dirty 200500+ mile 07 Avalanche


with or w/out splitter ?
Funny

And has anyone driven a sky or solstice I always wounder what they are like and an s2000 Cr edition I think it was. That was a bad looking Honda, saw one over the weekend
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Picked up a 2004 grand cherokee limited 4.7L 3 years ago... love the truck.. 17mpg and has plenty of power.
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'01 mercury grand marquis gets me where I need to go, rides like a boat but it does the job and only cost me $1800.00 thanks to it being an ex company car
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I daily a 1994 Ford Aspire. I got it free since it didn't run. $50 and a few hours, and I get an average of 40 mpg. It's ugly, but I can carry my bikes and yak without a problem.
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Originally Posted by SKULL
looking to spend between ten and fifteen grand
buy a 06-07 legacy GT limited. 5 speed, good fuel mileage, awsome to mod a little, the perfect DD

I had 2 of them. my current daily is a 03 escape limited. good mpg and tows the 4 wheeler and jet skies all day



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