BrendanC
$100 site donor 2024
7th gen accord 2.4L
Best Used Commuter Car?
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Bolt is a successor of the Volt, GM dropped Volt is favor of more simple pure EV platform. One day they might come back with BEV sedan, but it seems people still favor SUV, CUV like vehicles. EUV is often called an SUV, I can't call it SUV, that is glorified hatchback. (slightly bigger than regular Bolt hatchback, mainly in back seat legroom area).
GM is supposedly bringing back the “Voltec” in 2027, but not as a sedan. (Truck, suv, CUV). Gen 2 Voltec was meant to be scalable to any of GMs lineup.
A production pause would have been better than a 8 year break as all lessons learned are mostly forgotten .
So I will stick with “cancelled in error.”
Enjoy the Canyon and put the money you would spend on buying, maintaining and insuring this commuter car towards it's replacement when it's time.
I wonder what year model was in your experience?
I had a 2008 Mazda6. 2.3L/5MT. Absolutely loved the seats, extremely comfortable. And it was my vehicle of choice when I had to go Charlotte NC to Charlottesville VA and back a few times per year. Over 30MPG on a 20 gallon tank meant 500+ mile fuel range, which was also nice for these highway trips. And on twisty back roads it held its own quite well, although I did have it on "TEIN S" lowering springs.
Anyway boss can get you a company car ?
We pay $150 per month but that includes gas card, tolls and unlimited mileage, can also use car for cross country vacation drive.
Nope.....but that is one screaming deal!
2019 cx5, but I found the hatchback 3 and the cx30 to be the same way. I had dealer loaner cx5 with the cloth seats and those were a bit more compliant; the leather is awfully stiff.
For commuting from/to work? I could see that if travel was expected, or if the company was just "nice" like that, but otherwise... heck of a perk. I'd love that myself as I have the same commute of over 100 miles per day roundtrip. I just eat the cost as it was my decision to live in the middle of nowhere.
Now when the company moved 20 miles down the road, it would have been nice to have some adjustment... having a job was probably considered "good enough".
It’s a great deal for a new Chevrolet Equinox LT.
The only thing you have to decide is what color do you want.
Every 3 years the field service engineers get a new vehicle due to the mileage they drive.
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Compact, but sw99 just listed his Corolla for sale for $3500.
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7th gen Accord EX K24 under the hood. Everything you could want in a commuter car.
Patman
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My round trip to Niagara Falls is 160 miles a day and my 2016 Civic coupe is very comfortable. It has 215-55-16 tires on it so they help give it a comfortable ride comfortable to the lower profile tires and 18” wheels on some trim levels of the Civic. The seats are very comfortable. And averaging over 47 MPG definitely makes it great for long drives.
That being said, I sometimes wish I had bought a Prius, it would be nice to get 70 MPG….
An older Corolla. Can't kill them, or a Honda Fit..If you need AWD, go with a 2010-2014 CRV. K-24 engine. Runs forever.
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Do you expect to do the 90 mile commute long term? It going to take a couple years to payoff the additional cost of ownership. Unless fuel is expensive in your area the least cost option is to drive the truck and own 1 vehicle.
Used Lexus LS300 or es350, or possibly a Buick of some sort. If you look around many retirement homes have retirees or their families that would like someone who could use a low mileage nice vehicle.
There are Tesla Model 3s out there less than $20K. not sure how an early 2000s beater can be 20-25K less than that.
