Re: OT: in the market for gas sipping commuter car..

Posted by pburchett on July 14, 2016 at 14:00:25 from (12.182.196.81):

In Reply to: OT: in the market for gas sipping commuter car.. posted by Casey in Ky on July 14, 2016 at 06:30:52:

2008-2011 Ford Focus. We have one drive it like a rental car, oh wait it was one before we got it. It had 35,000 miles on it and now it has around 145,000. It gets 32-35 mpg at 70-75 mph in the hills of KY. Winter blend of gas will bring it down to 30 mpg.

Drive it gentle (flat road @45 mph) and it will get 45 mpg. Only done that once on the east coast, speed limit was 45 mph and we ran a tank of gas out exploring the outer banks. When I filled it back up I had to check the math 3 times cause I did not believe it.

I would stay away from the 2012 and newer Focus as they have dual clutches and electronic shift junk that are giving trouble. Ford even re-did the warranty on the transmission for those vehicles. I have also heard bad stuff on the Nissan CVT transmissions as well and Nissan even re-did their transmission. Warranty to 10 years/100,000 miles. Maybe someone else that actually has a newer Focus or CVT car and inform us as we are also looking for a good smaller car for our son.

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