Posts Tagged ‘mileage’

Vlane & My Prius Poll

Monday, September 29th, 2008

As most of you know, Bill and I have been looking for a vehicle that gets better gas mileage. Our Jeep Liberty, well, it stinks on gas mileage. We are averaging around 20 mpg, and Bill drives a minimum of 70 miles a day. Needless to say, with gas prices as high as they are, Bill alone spends over $500 a month in just gas for his car. I recently came across a site that I could have used before we put out name on the waiting list for a Prius. vLane allows you to research and compare vehicles with just a few clicks. You are able to even research different options on the vehicle that you want. If that isn’t enough, you can run a poll like the one below.


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Now, since we are on a waiting list for a Prius, I thought I’d ask everyone their opinion on getting extra options on our Prius. If you have a question you’d like other opinion on like my Prius question, you can create your own poll. It can be listed only on their site, or you can even embed it on your blog like I have done. You can also search for a vehicle based on total price, monthly price, fuel type, fuel economy, performance, and manufacturers.  You can also see (by stars and reviews) what other reviewers of the site think of each vehicle.  If you can’t find your dream vehicle on vLane, I would be seriously surprised.

Let me know if you make any of your own polls, so I can go vote for you (either on your blog or vLane)!  Also, don’t forgot to vote on my poll!

Toyota

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

You know, Toyota must be doing something right. Everyone I know has recently been heading out to their dealer lot (either local or to Toyota Corolla Virginia). Toyota has done something that it seems like our American dealers can’t or won’t — give us cars with high gas mileage. My sister and her husband own a Prius and regularly get 50 miles to the gallon (yes, 50 miles per gallon!). My cousin and her husband own two Toyota Corollas. They have told us that they are the best cars they have even owned (hence why they own two of them). They get awesome gas mileage, and the cars can take a beating and keep going. They have used their Corollas when they both had huge commutes. Now, they have moved closer to their jobs and have less of a commute, and they still rave about their cars.

Bill and I have started looking at vehicles that get better has mileage than our Jeep Liberty. I think Bill figured out that we are spending around $500 a month in gas! I know, it makes me sick too. We need something that gets better than 20 miles per gallon. I think a Toyota car may be our answer.