Looking to Buy my Coffin (Another Commuter car thread)

Hey TW,

Help me with my indecisiveness. I've recently signed up for a little more than a 100-mile daily commute and I need something that meets the below criteria:

• Sedan/ Not tiny car. No SUV.
• Must be comfortable for 6'3 driver.
• Preferably hybrid or something else that returns good-excellent mpg sitting in Traffic. 40mpg+ is key.
• Japanese preferred but Domestic is fine as well. Maybe German?
• Under $20,000 Used
• Under 150,000 miles

I can charge it at home but not at the office which kind of knocks out a lot of plug-in hybrids.

I've been looking at Accord Hybrids that seem to return 50mpg mixed (love to hear from any owners) or maybe a hybrid Lexus GS? - There's always a Prius... I did look at the Mercedes E250 Bluetec but they are a little out of my range.

Greater Los Angeles area, Thanks bros!

 

Toyota Tacoma 4 cylinder truck, it can be a daily driver and a project truck all at the same time

 

98 Corolla. Got great mileage, and that bitch wouldn't die no matter what we did to it...

 

• Sedan/ Not tiny car. No SUV.
• Must be comfortable for 6'3 driver.
• Preferably hybrid or something else that returns good-excellent mpg sitting in Traffic. 40mpg+ is key.
• Japanese preferred but Domestic is fine as well. Maybe German?
• Under $20,000 Used
• Under 150,000 miles

 

Finding a clean one is the challenge and honestly, they are a little bit overpriced. Fair suggestion though.

 

Prius, that's it

 

Better than another fucking tacoma haha.

 

Yeah, finding well taken care of 20 year old cars is never easy, esp an "average everyday" car

 

IDK, a 5 lugger 1st gen would be pretty neat. I'm gonna try and find one after I buy a house and have room to park it. Gotta resist the urge to make it a twin turbo shart kart grocery getter

 

They are fine trucks. Not for 500 miles + a week in bumper to bumper traffic.

 

hell yeah, that's what im talking about great commuter vehicle and weekend workhorse

 

just try to find an access cab model with auto trans and the rest is history

 

I feel ya there. Honestly, there aren't any cars I wanna sit in that long. I did 300/wk for 6 months in my beast, and I was SO over it. Now I live 4 miles from work and ride my bike half the time. Life is much better now.

 

Thats literally what I have.

 

At least its not a 3rd gen? - I'm going from working from home to this new commute.

 

I don't think it really matters in bumper to bumper. At least you can see over most of the cars so you have some extra stuff to look at.

Audible books on tape really helped me pass the time.

 

any work commute over 100 miles one way is suicide, I was doing 55 miles one way on a toll free straight highway was far enough IMO

 

I had a loaner Toyota Carolla IM hatch back from Toyota. At 6,1 I was still comfortable and has getting in the 30’s for MPGs. It was a great little car.

 

than you should be out of the truck market, cause that's the best you'll get as a commuter truck