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After averaging 2,500 miles a month after buying the Z, I've gotten a Dodge Dart for real cheap as a daily and winter car. Kinda fun to drive, but the

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Old 10-23-2016, 05:20 PM   #91 (permalink)
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After averaging 2,500 miles a month after buying the Z, I've gotten a Dodge Dart for real cheap as a daily and winter car. Kinda fun to drive, but the issues are scaring me and i might sell it soon. Same engine in the Abarth 500 (1.4T) with a 6MT. Averaging 25ish mpg compared to 19 in the Z, which is lower than i expected.
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huh, if u want mpg, the Fit is actually pretty good. i got 40.2mpg when i borrowed my wife's for a week and i wasnt doing anything special.

when i asked the taxi driver how much his pos prius was getting in real world, he said 49-50mpg. dat's it? while contaminating the environment with its batteries? wtf.
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huh, if u want mpg, the Fit is actually pretty good. i got 40.2mpg when i borrowed my wife's for a week and i wasnt doing anything special.

when i asked the taxi driver how much his pos prius was getting in real world, he said 49-50mpg. dat's it? while contaminating the environment with its batteries? wtf.
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I played this in my environmental science class and the professor actually drove a prius.... luckily I still passed my class. She did not care for it but I backed up the claim with actual scientific research.
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My Z IS my DD, lol. Going on 900 miles in a week and a half.
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Getting a DD is like having a mistress. I love my wife and my Z so I don't need a DD. There are folks in Canada using their Z as a DD so if you love being in your Z, just put good winter tires on and use it. On the rare days when it's really bad outside, call a taxi or call in sick, sit in your Z in the garage.
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I have an 80 series land cruiser lifted with big tires and a couple other things. Exact opposite of the z. And an 04 i35 for driving to work when its cold. ...
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After averaging 2,500 miles a month after buying the Z, I've gotten a Dodge Dart for real cheap as a daily and winter car. Kinda fun to drive, but the issues are scaring me and i might sell it soon. Same engine in the Abarth 500 (1.4T) with a 6MT. Averaging 25ish mpg compared to 19 in the Z, which is lower than i expected.
I bought a Dart brand new, the 2.0L, and had it for about 25K miles.
I liked it.

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I had a dart too, the rallye, until it was totaled. I actually enjoyed driving that car a lot. The MPG thing is true though, you never get close to what is advertised.
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Getting a DD is like having a mistress. I love my wife and my Z so I don't need a DD. There are folks in Canada using their Z as a DD so if you love being in your Z, just put good winter tires on and use it. On the rare days when it's really bad outside, call a taxi or call in sick, sit in your Z in the garage.
Winter driving in Canada, especially in Quebec is absolutely brutal for one main reason. They still use good old-fashioned road salt which will turn your brand new Z into iron oxide powder sooner than you think. No Z deserves that fate. I'll keep my '16 Nismo safe and sound in my garage while the white sh*t falls (can you tell I hate winters?).

PS: You should see what my DD '10 Mustang looks like after 5 Canadian winters. You'd think it went through a corrosive acid bath underneath and along several body panels...........LOL. Let's not even talk about the aluminum hood.
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DD is only 4-5km both ways to and from work.


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My Z IS my DD, lol. Going on 900 miles in a week and a half.
Same here. I Bought my Z about a week ago. I was driving my Titan everyday.
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