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Luxury car for under 20k with good EPA?

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Old Sep 14, 2007 | 04:01 AM
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Originally Posted by WestSideBilly
None of the VQ powered cars get great mileage. 20 is probably par for the G35, Altima, Maxima, etc. And all the VQ cars require premium, at least they did last I shopped them a couple years ago. Somewhat defeats good gas mileage if you have to pay 30 cents/gallon more.
Sorry, but that's not my case. I have owned 2 350Zs, one 03 and one 04. Both of them have gotten excellent mileage for what they are.....Both of them average at lease 25mpg with 70/30 highway/city driving. On long road trips, I get 27mpg cruising at 85mph. The long gearing and low Cd helps.
Old Sep 14, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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yea TSX are nice i used to work for Acura no major problems with them unlike the TL's.... er major tranny failures newer TL are now having tranny problems too 04-07

only major problems we see with the TSX is head lights with water in them, acura has a service bulliten on them so go to the dealer and they will install metal clips on the headlights if so they wont get water in them if they havnt already.

also the other problem is the a/c compressor breaking but i wouldnt worry if your buying a TSX with 50k miles then all of this has probably already happened and its been fixed b4 so it should be ok now lol
Old Sep 14, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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i'd recommend an acura because the extended warranty's on them are great, i got a 15yr 150,000 mile extended warranty on emissions for my dd (acura cl) and i've had close to 5k in labor and parts for free from acura no questions asked, and im not even the original owner.
Old Sep 14, 2007 | 06:33 PM
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dude the last CL 2001-2003 6speed type-s is faster then an NSX LOL but they are rare
Old Sep 14, 2007 | 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by homiusang
Sorry, but that's not my case. I have owned 2 350Zs, one 03 and one 04. Both of them have gotten excellent mileage for what they are.....Both of them average at lease 25mpg with 70/30 highway/city driving. On long road trips, I get 27mpg cruising at 85mph. The long gearing and low Cd helps.
Sorry, but that's just not very good. An S2000, which has horrible aerodynamics and spins the engine way too fast at 80 MPH, can get 29-30 MPG on a road trip. Hell, a Vette can get that.
Old Sep 18, 2007 | 04:45 PM
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get a used audi a4 02-04..the 1.8t engine gets about 25-30mpg! i just bought one 3 weeks ago
Old Sep 19, 2007 | 01:17 AM
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Used BMW 740. For 20k you could probably get a very nice 02ish one. They have really good legroom, comfy seats, and not that slow either. Mpg is only around 15 city though. That's the most luxury imo you can get for 20k.

For better gas mileage there's an 03ish lexus es300, or bmw 530. All choices under 20k.
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