recommend me a new econobox.

[Kaieye]

Easy, get a Lancer. Built by the Japanese and made in Japan. Buy a Corolla,Civic or Nissan and they are built here in North America.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Used Civic or Corolla

 

[Toastedlightly]

OMGWTF used grand prix! (SE)

 

[cressida]

Use civic or corolla ... Maybe even a new 04 since it's end of year.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: Kaieye
Easy, get a Lancer. Built by the Japanese and made in Japan. Buy a Corolla,Civic or Nissan and they are built here in North America.

AHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Should I keep laughing?

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.jsp?car_id=168686963

I just found that. Maybe you could look for a high mileage Accord?

 

[3chordcharlie]

Pontiac vibe was getting cleared out (in Canada) a few months ago - we paid about 16K $C for a stripper version.

Great mileage, tonnes of cargo room, passable back seat, plus it's a corolla underneath, so it's hard to go wrong. I'd definitely buy it again.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
OMGWTF used grand prix! (SE)

He want's something reliable.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
OMGWTF used grand prix! (SE)

He want's something reliable.

The funny thing is almost everyone I worked with at GM (a few years back) drove one, so it must be pretty good for A GM, at least.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: 3chordcharlie

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus

Originally posted by: Toastedlightly
OMGWTF used grand prix! (SE)

He want's something reliable.

The funny thing is almost everyone I worked with at GM (a few years back) drove one, so it must be pretty good for A GM, at least.

Or they got a great deal on it😉 (More likely)

 

[Kishan]

how about a used VW TDi (700+ miles on a tank of diesel) or perhaps a hybrid. Maybe the civic one?

 

[Toastedlightly]

My grand prix has 165k miles... no major work (only minor body rust). Get a used one, and beat it.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: NutBucket


Or they got a great deal on it😉 (More likely)

They did get a good deal on them (but not as good as you might think; it's more 'patriotism' than employee discount).

But they seemed to choose Grand Prix over everything else GM makes, so I can only assume it was the best thing available from GM at the time (2001).