[TriLUG] [way OT] new auto recommendations

[Wes Garrison]

Your daughter is only on her 2nd fit?  Mine has a new fit almost every day!

It sounds like "subcompact" is the new compact.
http://www.thecarconnection.com/compare/honda_fit_2015_choices
Basically:
Honda Fit, Ford Fiesta, Nissan Versa, Toyota Yaris, Scion xA.

In a perfect world, I would buy a VW Polo BlueMotion
(Golf shrunk down to Yaris size):
http://www.volkswagen.de/de/models/der-polo/brochure/catalogue.html

1.4L, 3 cyl *turbocharged *Diesel

For those that can't read German, "Kraftstoffverbrauch in l/100 km:
innerorts 4,0 / außerorts 2,6 / kombiniert 3,1" is fuel economy in Liters
per 100Km, basically the inverse of MPG.

innerorts 4,0 = city 59mpg
außerorts 2,6 = hwy *90mpg*
kombiniert 3,1 = combined 76mpg

Not bad, eh?  ...and not available in the USA.

-Wes

On Wed, Oct 29, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Brian McCullough <bdmc at bdmcc-us.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 03:44:30PM -0400, Roger W. Broseus wrote:
> > Steve
> >
> > Consumer Reports put the Honda Fit and the Prius in a near tie for lowest
> > total cost of ownership. Both are rated highly in terms of reliability.
> > Total cost of ownership includes insurance which can be high for a
> > high-performance car.
>
> I was very pleased with my first generation Prius, driving it for 13
> years, as I said, but really did not like the later generation models,
> which got much larger, as well as having, in my opinion, poor rear
> visibility.
>
> I have been finding that all of the "compact" cars that I have been
> looking at are much larger than my impression of "compact."
>
> I am currently driving a rental Corolla, which is a BIG car, even though
> it is classed as a "compact."  Similarly, the Honda Civic, Mazda 3, VW Golf
> that I have test-driven all feel much bigger than I would expect.  In fact,
> the Mazda 3 is just under 13 feet long.
>
> I seem to have some conflicting requirements.  I want a decent highway car
> for the long distance travelling that I sometimes do.  I want good mileage
> overall.  I want small, for various reasons, not the least being that
> perhaps 80% of the time, I am the only occupant.  I like to be able to see
> over the roof, easily, when I am standing beside the car.  I am not small,
> at least from side to side, so need "American-sized" seats and seating
> position.  There may be other things, like the nice green colour of my old
> Prius, difficult to obtain in these days of silver and white, but they tend
> to be more optional.
>
> In general, I have enjoyed all of the vehicles that I have driven during
> this process, and could probably live with any of them.
>
>
> > My daughter is on her second Fit and loves it. I bought a 2011 Prius in
> 2012
> > and have not had any problems. It fits me well even tho I expand to fill
> the
> > space. It paid me to shop hard and go to NoVa from Bethesda for that less
> > expensive, previous-year model. Stay away from the "C."
>
> I know that Consumer Reports doesn't like the C, but, at least in my test
> drive, it didn't seem much different from any of the other cars that I had
> driven.
>
>
>
> > Crash worthiness of the Fit and Prius is surprisingly high but certain
> years
> > of Fits were down-rated for front corner crash problems, corrected this
> > year.
> >
> > Minis: require premium gas!
>
> Come on!  I know, they are BMWs now.
>
>
> > Remember: stay away from dealers for maintenance except for in-warranty
> stuff.
>
>
> Thank you for the thoughts, Roger.
>
>
>
> Brian
>
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