Car mileage

[Israel Stein]

At 08:16 PM 4/16/2007, Joel Jones wrote:
>List,
>
>Gas is climbing to $3.00 so I am inspired to look
>at the cost at the pump.
>
>Anyone use either a Honda Civic, with folding down
>back seat, a Pontiac Aspen hatch back, or a Scion?


I've been driving a Toyota Matrix for about 2 years now (basically a 
Corolla small station wagon). Gets about 26 mpg - depending on 
proportion of city to freeway driving ( and I don't drive gently...) 
It's a lot bigger inside than it looks. I measured all the dimensions 
before buying - with the back seat down it holds a piano action and 
all my tool cases easily, if I use the floor space between the front 
an rear seats. The front passenger seat folds down for additional 
space. An added advantage is that when the back seat is down, the 
resulting surface is perfectly flat and hard, like a pickup truck - 
and it has movable anchors for holding things in place and tying 
things down. There are lots of little compartments to stash smaller 
items. And the basic model still lists for about $15,500. (I paid 
that for a new 2005 model). And it's a Toyota - nothing ever goes wrong.

Israel Stein

Israel Stein