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Originally Posted by Webstral
For example, when I got back from Iraq, I bought a used 2000 Toyota Echo for $7,000. I bought a standard so I could get the best fuel efficiency, plus power when I needed it. The safety rating is perfectly adequate. I have two car seats in the back for my children, though the car is a 2-door. The inconvenience of folding the passenger seat forward is modest, and I’m still fit enough to lift a young child into the car seat behind the driver’s side. Depending on how much highway driving I am doing, I get 37-39 mpg. This is in line with the fuel efficiency of some hybrids that cost a lot more. I have as much carrying capacity as a more prestigious and more expensive automobile would give me. So why aren’t the roads filled with Toyota Echos?
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My wife's car is a Toyota Echo (4-door sedan). Great little car. Excellent fuel economy, zippy, very mechanically reliable. We'll probably keep driving it until it dies.