40 mpg I got with this car. That's right 40 MPG. This shitty 1989 dodge colt was a car I owned while in college after my 1980 VW Rabbit died and the lemon Mercury Lynx died as well. So in the fall on 1996, my first semester in college, I bought this car on a Sunday. A Sunday?? Well just so happens my grand parents neighbor just got into the car dealership business of selling cheap cars. I got this beauty for $1800. All of my summer money gone in one day, this would also be the start of my credit card debt.
This was a great car, lots of room, I once fit 6 people in the car, 3 in the front, 3 in the back. Had a nice compartment left of the steering wheel to hide two packs of cigarettes. Yes kids, I use to smoke.
But beside all of that, I got 35+ MPG from that car. So I have to laugh when I see car commercials today telling us about the "great" gas mileage there new cars get. They're like 32 MPG, or 36 MPG. I got that 10+ years ago, from a car made 20 years ago. When it's pretty much the same type of car. Oh, and I was only paying 99 cents a gallon for my gas. Not $3.25+.
Really sad that a top of the line computer is pretty much outdated within a month of its purchase. But the combustible engine continues to stay the same, even with a lighter car which should mean greater fuel economy.







