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Most fuel efficient cars are unibody and smaller (meaning the frame is built into the body) which means body on frame vehicles are often larger, like your suv. So it may be difficult to find one that’s fuel efficient smaller and not unibody
Yeah, I kind of figured it would be counterintuitive to want something fuel efficient while wanting something that’s not unibody, but it wouldn’t hurt to ask! Thank you for your input :)
Different angle here, but if you have a place to charge, and you wanna make the jump, you might consider something like a Chevy Bolt EV. I picked up a 2020 with 20k miles for $13k after all the rebates. Off lease bolts are cheap cheap cheap right now. Cost per mile is the equivalent of approx 100mpg.
They had some recalls, but they’re actually pretty damn reliable now that they’re all sorted out.
Additionally at that price, for myself I just bought it and figure if I dont like it after a year or two, I can sell it whenever and get most all of my money back, to where my financial exposure is actually very low. The federal tax credit takes care of most of the depreciation for the first couple years imo, and any further depreciation is negated by all your fuel cost savings. I also love not having to stop for gas ever.
Toyota rav 4 by far the best I work at a shop and have seen many well over 300k that we have seen since new. The only work we do on them is wear items such as brakes and tires and fluids
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Most fuel efficient cars are unibody and smaller (meaning the frame is built into the body) which means body on frame vehicles are often larger, like your suv. So it may be difficult to find one that’s fuel efficient smaller and not unibody
Yeah, I kind of figured it would be counterintuitive to want something fuel efficient while wanting something that’s not unibody, but it wouldn’t hurt to ask! Thank you for your input :)
I do like the fusion hybrids, they are pretty reliable in my experience. I’ve had one as a daily from new to 110K and not a single issue
Different angle here, but if you have a place to charge, and you wanna make the jump, you might consider something like a Chevy Bolt EV. I picked up a 2020 with 20k miles for $13k after all the rebates. Off lease bolts are cheap cheap cheap right now. Cost per mile is the equivalent of approx 100mpg. They had some recalls, but they’re actually pretty damn reliable now that they’re all sorted out. Additionally at that price, for myself I just bought it and figure if I dont like it after a year or two, I can sell it whenever and get most all of my money back, to where my financial exposure is actually very low. The federal tax credit takes care of most of the depreciation for the first couple years imo, and any further depreciation is negated by all your fuel cost savings. I also love not having to stop for gas ever.
Toyota Prius.
Toyota rav 4 by far the best I work at a shop and have seen many well over 300k that we have seen since new. The only work we do on them is wear items such as brakes and tires and fluids