2010 Nissan Altima about 80,000 mi
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#22Surprisingly frugal vehicles posted so far... Currently eyeing up a 2015 RS6.
Have fun with it!! My dream car is an RS3 (or basically any Lotus). I can afford it, but I don't think I'd use it to its max enough to justify the cost.
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#23Pickup truck
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#242006 Honda CRV, 140k miles. I look forward to the day when they try and take my diesel guzzler off me. "They may take away our lives, but they'll never take our CRVs!"
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#252011 Subaru WRX hatchback. Fun to drive (my priority), decent gas mileage, useful cargo space, good resale value, has a large aftermarket and enthusiast community behind it making parts cheap and plentiful. Everything I want in a car that's not a Mazda Miata, which is what I drove the previous two cars I had.
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#262017 Toyota Prius. Excellent fuel economy and driver assistance features. My partner complains about the seats not being comfortable enough and I agree, to a certain extent.
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#272019 Mercedes Benz GLC250.
The only reason we changed our previous 2016 Mercedes Benz C-Class sedan was we needed some extra cargo space to contain some of my wife's gear which had overflowed to take up the back seat of the C-Class as well as the boot.\
Normally I buy cars new and keep them for about 10-12 years.
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#28None, I have an e-bike (and a traditional bike).
I do drive my wife's car at the moment as she isn't able to, it's a Skoda Fabia.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
Toyota Prius (2009) and love it
+1 for Toyota hybrid. It's relatively inexpensive vs my income and satisfies all the non-functional requirements I care about (safe, reliable, low emissions etc...).
> ...reliable...
Wasn't a Toyota, but I got burned with Honda's similar car, the Insight hybrid. The engine leaked oil, taken in to the shop multiple times until it died just under 90k miles. Many people had similar stories online.
It was new tech at the time, so hiccups happen. But I'm sticking with gas cars until there's a longer track record of reliability in hybrids or electric.
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#302019 Tesla Model 3. Electric is the way to go and can't say enough goodness about Tesla. After the state/fed rebates I think my Std Plus came in around $27K. Now here's the best part: paid total of $20 in 2yrs for charging in >20K miles. During day, my work pays for charging so it's fully charge all the time and if not work like during the pandemic, target has free charging and other locations, of course most are not free. I've had no other cost to maintain the car at all in the 2yrs. Considering one could pay $4/gal with 25mpg comes to $3,200 in gas I saved not to mention no oil/filter changes either. It's great, while charging for free at Target, I'm streaming Netflix or Youtube onto the car's dashboard while working on my laptop. A complete mobile home office :)