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Columnist discovers used Civic more frugal than new Prius

A columnist for The Economist confirms what many of us thought was obvious. New is not necessarily better and it's good to keep your nose clean. Moving from London to Texas (what a shock that must have been), the writer needed a car, and wanted one of the (what was then) shiny new Priuses. But not even a bright green nature could persuade the frugal side to part with $30k. A little research turned up a previously-titled Honda Civic LX 5-speed for just under $11k. At first, the little Honda got 34 MPG, impressive, but not the 60 MPG claimed by ... Read more →

Master Mechanics vote for 3,000-mile oil change interval John Neff

In a survey conducted by Valvoline, sixty-percent of ASE certified Master Automobile technicians questioned said that a vehicle's oil should be changed every 3,000 miles. Twenty-nine percent said ...

Columnist discovers used Civic more frugal than new Prius 2 years ago on Autoblog

A columnist for The Economist confirms what many of us thought was obvious. New is not necessarily better and it's good to keep your nose clean. Moving from London to Texas (what a shock that must have been), the writer needed a car, and wanted one of the (what was then) shiny new Priuses. But not ...

Master Mechanics vote for 3,000-mile oil change interval 3 years ago on Autoblog

In a survey conducted by Valvoline, sixty-percent of ASE certified Master Automobile technicians questioned said that a vehicle's oil should be changed every 3,000 miles. Twenty-nine percent said between 3,000-5,000 miles is acceptable and just two percent voted that between 5,000-10,000 miles is ...






Autoblog Podcast #155: 'Twas the night before LA...

Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert go over some LA Preview action and quietly whoop it up on the podcast.

 
 

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