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Well, the gas prices win. I give up! $3.79 a gallon is too much. I parked my truck and I bought this car for cheap. Like, $500 cheap. 95% of the time I don't need a truck anyway. So now instead of getting 13mpg, I am averaging 26mpg. Cut my fuel cost in half. So i figure that this car should pay for itself in no time. It runs very well and there aren't enough o's in smooooooooth to describe the ride! On a side note: I don't drive my truck to the filthy job-site anymore. So now I've got the truck the cleanest it has ever been. I even used Aero 303 on the floor mats. Next will be a good engine detailing. :sigh:

 

 

btw: The car is a 1995 VW Passat VR6 - leather, sunroof...I'm really starting to like this car a lot! :(

 

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Well, the gas prices win. I give up! $3.79 a gallon is too much. I parked my truck and I bought this car for cheap. Like, $500 cheap. 95% of the time I don't need a truck anyway. So now instead of getting 13mpg, I am averaging 26mpg. Cut my fuel cost in half. So i figure that this car should pay for itself in no time. It runs very well and there aren't enough o's in smooooooooth to describe the ride! On a side note: I don't drive my truck to the filthy job-site anymore. So now I've got the truck the cleanest it has ever been. I even used Aero 303 on the floor mats. Next will be a good engine detailing. :sigh:

 

 

btw: The car is a 1995 VW Passat VR6 - leather, sunroof...I'm really starting to like this car a lot! :crackup:

 

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Nice! My friend has that exact car, but in black. His is the definition of lemon, but I drove it once when it was running, and holy crap, that thing drove nice. I hope you have good luck with it. :(

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The front passenger side of the car was damaged in a fender bender (hood bender and headlight buster too!) Mostly all cosmetic damage. I've got it looking ok now. I did some body work with a rubber mallet and a Hi-Lift jack. Maybe someday I'll buy a hood and fender for it. But then again, it IS a $500 car.

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Nice! My friend has that exact car, but in black. His is the definition of lemon, but I drove it once when it was running, and holy crap, that thing drove nice. I hope you have good luck with it. :sigh:

 

Thanks! I bought it with 137,902miles on the odo. I've put almost 200mi on it.... so far so good. If it breaks down, I figure I can get 2 or 3 hundred dollars out of it at a junk yard. I don't think I can lose!

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I have a 1971 volkswagen super beetle that I drive during the spring thru fall. It gets about 27 mpg and it lets my truck sit. It really helps on the gas and it is pretty cool seeing my onstar report saying I averaged 8 miles a day during the month. I've had it for 3 years now switching between it and whatever truck im driving and when I traded in my 98 gmc truck it just rolled over 100,000.

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I have a 1971 volkswagen super beetle that I drive during the spring thru fall. It gets about 27 mpg and it lets my truck sit. It really helps on the gas and it is pretty cool seeing my onstar report saying I averaged 8 miles a day during the month. I've had it for 3 years now switching between it and whatever truck im driving and when I traded in my 98 gmc truck it just rolled over 100,000.

 

My truck just rolled over 8,000mi. With gas prices the way they are, it may not see 9,000mi until next year! :sigh:

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500 bucks is a good deal for that car. I can't justify buying a separate car though because my truck is just about paid off. Plus I've been averaging 17.5mpg a tank. Can't complain.

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I have a 1971 volkswagen super beetle that I drive during the spring thru fall. It gets about 27 mpg and it lets my truck sit. It really helps on the gas and it is pretty cool seeing my onstar report saying I averaged 8 miles a day during the month. I've had it for 3 years now switching between it and whatever truck im driving and when I traded in my 98 gmc truck it just rolled over 100,000.

 

My truck just rolled over 8,000mi. With gas prices the way they are, it may not see 9,000mi until next year! :sigh:

 

 

Thats pretty weird, mine just rolled over 8,000mi last week. I have had my truck since august and a friend of mine who bought a new dodge ram at the same time hit 16,000 but he is thinking about getting rid of it because he hates putting gas in it. :(

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Thats pretty weird, mine just rolled over 8,000mi last week. I have had my truck since august and a friend of mine who bought a new dodge ram at the same time hit 16,000 but he is thinking about getting rid of it because he hates putting gas in it. :sigh:

 

I traded my 2005 d*dge w/5.7 hemi for this GMC. I thought i would get better mileage with the GMC... I thought wrong! Oh well, but I will never get rid of my truck. No matter how comfortable i get in my new VW, I feel like a TURD driving it.

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Nice ride you could really have fun decking that thing out! Like racing rims, tinted windows, fart can for exhaust, spoiler or drag racing wing. Heck you might as well add some of those stick on flames to do it like the Amigo's do it!!! haha jk

 

 

I am an idiot! Nice ride by the way!

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Well with gas at $4.25 in San Fran and getting close to $4 in Florida I am thinking about getting rid of my truck all together. I just got done driving a 2008 Infiniti G37s....and omg. That thing is a ****ing beast.

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Well, gas prices here in GA are better than the referenced locations in this post, but they hit $3.59 a gallon this week!

 

My Mom-in-law passed away in Nov, and we inherited her car and dog (there are always strings attached!) So my truck has been parked for the past couple of months.

 

My daily commuter is now a Honda Fit! Not much to look at, but I get 33-34 mpg on my daily commute verse the 17-18 mpg I was getting from the truck on the same commute! I still have to fill-up once a week because the Fit only has a 10 gallon tank, but sinking $25 a week in gas verse $83 a week is sure a lot easier on the wallet!

 

Now, if I could just convince my boss to let me work 3 days a week to do my part in conserving our natural resources and dependency on foriegn oil, I'll have it made!

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Now, if I could just convince my boss to let me work 3 days a week to do my part in conserving our natural resources and dependency on foriegn oil, I'll have it made!

 

 

let me know how that works out for you. :sigh:

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Nice ride you could really have fun decking that thing out! Like racing rims, tinted windows, fart can for exhaust, spoiler or drag racing wing. Heck you might as well add some of those stick on flames to do it like the Amigo's do it!!! haha jk

 

 

I am an idiot! Nice ride by the way!

 

ya, um, how 'bout no. :sigh:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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