>>>Wound up buying a Chevrolet Aveo (made by Daewoo in Korea with a Chevy name sticker) and a Kia Spectra 5. Both get better than 30MPG and I can fit in them. Bonus was that both were very inexpensive!
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>>>This weekend we are trading in the Aveo for a Toyota Prius. It doe not have the headroom I need but my wife will make good use of close to 50MPG.
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>>These small cheap fake (that's irony) Chevrolet's are selling at there too. I know big Chevrolet's from my child years. All of korean Chevrolet's are really bad cars. I prefer japan or european (expecially german) cars. You would be choose Toyota Yaris/Auris or Volkswagen Polo/Golf for your wife.
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>I'll give the Aveo credit - we've put 70,000 miles on it in 4 years and it hasn't missed a beat. No service except Chevy recommended periodic service. Excellent mileage and it rides and handles OK. I drove it the first 3 years - traded with my wife when my back started bothering me and I needed better seating. Being a tiny little car makes it very handy in parking lots!
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>The Kia has a much nicer ride and is nicer inside. We have 60,000 miles on it w/no problem and it has the 10 year 100,000 warranty.
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>>My car is an italian car. It's not as good as a german car but better than koreans.
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>>>If US automakers survive long enough to make sensible cars again, we'll buy them. Until then, we buy what makes sense.
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>>I don't behave patriotic when buy something. I know one of turkish businessman who builds cars has a rollys royce.
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>>Look at that giant Vogayer's test:
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>>http://www.euroncap.com/tests/chrysler_voyager_2007/277.aspx
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>>and that small Fiat 500's test:
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>>http://www.euroncap.com/tests/fiat_500_2007/298.aspx
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>>That's not just about gas.
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>>Actually these are not matter. I believe in that in next 50-100 years there will not any personal car left. Biogas is not a solution. Because even all fields of the world would be used for biogas that will not enough.
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>I agree. Ethanol has only increased the price of food in this country w/o improving the fuel situation. Everyone would starve if they had to use that as a major source of fuel.
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> I think the only usable solution for the forseeable future is electric. Electricity can be produced by a large number of sources - the car doesn't care where it came from.


Just think of a miniature nuclear reactor that could power cars.... :)