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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:36 PM
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I am mildly torqued that my clunker does not qualify
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 02:36 PM by Perky
1995 Honda Civic still gets 28 mpg hwy
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cyberswede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:38 PM
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1. Ours doesn't, either
1996 Nissa Altima - 26 mpg hwy (though we got 28 mpg last week).
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:40 PM
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2. 31 mpg for my 2001 Civic
Darn.
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:46 PM
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3. Love me some civics. THat is my other car. LOL
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:56 PM
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13. Rebate or no, we're getting a new one this week
Over 100,000 miles on this one, in Boston stop-and-go traffic.

Manual transmission and it started sounding like a bus. That and a few other repair items means we're looking at a $4,000 car repair bill.

Time to trade it in.
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JeanGrey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:50 PM
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4. Your Honda is probably a better car with it's advanced age
than many of the new cars you could have bought.
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chaska Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:51 PM
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5. trade it to someone with a real clunker who can't afford to buy a new car.
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:55 PM
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6. My son drives my old '96 Accord. 187k miles...great car.
What's wrong with your Civic?
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BlooInBloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 02:59 PM
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7. What's KBB on that? like $5,000?
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 03:14 PM
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8. Haaaa. I bet it is less than $1K
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 03:18 PM
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9. Trade in value is $925
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 03:54 PM
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11. dealers don't use kbb. they use the wholsale black book which
Edited on Mon Aug-03-09 03:54 PM by ellenfl
is lower than kbb.

ellen fl
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ellenfl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 03:53 PM
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10. i don't know what the mpg is for my 1995 toyota
camary v6 le, but it certainly does not qualify either. honey's 1992 mercury grand marquis does tho'. he really needs a new car . . . and not the 'vette or jaguar he wants!

ellen fl
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Occam Bandage Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 04:00 PM
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12. Sounds like it's a pretty solid car then. nt
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 05:59 PM
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14. Hardly.
Ac is dead. Tranny is close to toast. Brakes need work. It is a clunker by any definition
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and-justice-for-all Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:20 PM
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15. 28 mpg hwy is better than the majority of autos made today..nt
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-03-09 06:36 PM
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16. That's the irony
Those of us who had the foresight to look for fuel efficient cars are getting screwed.
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