Need some advice on a work vehicle....

I bought a Escape hybrid off 22turbo fits my fat ass 25 mpg city... 30 hiway...daughter took it while her aztek was getting work done and wont give it back
 
Chevy Bolt. 200+ miles on electric. Charge at night when you get home. Smallish size on the outside, but good interior room.

30+MPG for domestic is pretty tough, you'd be looking for a diesel Cruze, or a Fusion Hybrid. A RAM 1500 with the V6 Diesel or the Grand Cherokee with the seam V6 Diesel would be about your only FCA vehicles worth driving that get at or close to 30 MPG on the highway.
 
I'm assuming you're wide as well. That rules out a lot of vehicles as your shoulder will be in the B-pillar at your height. I am lucky in that my wife is shorter than me but I'm mostly torso therefore we have the same distance from the pedals but my head nearly hits the ceiling.

I drove a 2007 Pontiac G6 for a few years/70,000 miles. Plenty of room. The Malibu and Saturn Aura shared the same platform.

I know a lot of guys (nearly 10 in my work location alone) your size ranging from 30-60 that drive 2006-2016 Impalas for the same reason (assloads of miles). By far their favorite. There are a few more Q-Tips that drive the LaCrosse and another guy in a Grand Prix GXP.

My truck gets 20mpg if I keep it under 80. I'll never go back to a car again.
 
wrath said:
I'm assuming you're wide as well. That rules out a lot of vehicles as your shoulder will be in the B-pillar at your height. I am lucky in that my wife is shorter than me but I'm mostly torso therefore we have the same distance from the pedals but my head nearly hits the ceiling.

I drove a 2007 Pontiac G6 for a few years/70,000 miles. Plenty of room. The Malibu and Saturn Aura shared the same platform.

I know a lot of guys (nearly 10 in my work location alone) your size ranging from 30-60 that drive 2006-2016 Impalas for the same reason (assloads of miles). By far their favorite. There are a few more Q-Tips that drive the LaCrosse and another guy in a Grand Prix GXP.

My truck gets 20mpg if I keep it under 80. I'll never go back to a car again.
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it’s like you know me lol, what kind of truck do you drive?
 
Well just got the call it’s totaled, waiting on a call to see what they offer and play that game with the insurance company, I will buy it back if the price is right.
 
I drive alot for work as well. I have a 14' 300C and I love it. Set the cruise at 77 mph and I can get 28 mpg with the air on with a nice ride.
 
COBRA90GT said:
FWIW - The guy on CL over in Roseville listing the Flex isn't truly a "private party," he will admit to being a "broker" when confronted so YMMV if you're looking to save a buck or two...do your homework 1st !
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if they're flipping vehicles & disclose what all is known while the price being within reason, I wouldnt see an issue. ??
 
Well the truck was totaled, I agreed to a fair offer and bought the truck back, I’ll fix it and drive it through the winter and get a smaller car in the spring.
 
mikesfastss said:
Well the truck was totaled, I agreed to a fair offer and bought the truck back, I’ll fix it and drive it through the winter and get a smaller car in the spring.
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Good deal that way you are not going to be rushed to buy something else. Let me know if you need any help finding any parts to fix your truck. I spend a lot of time in u- pull junk yards on my days off pulling parts to sell on Ebay. (That's how I pay for my car hobby).

Matt
 
capone said:
Good deal that way you are not going to be rushed to buy something else. Let me know if you need any help finding any parts to fix your truck. I spend a lot of time in u- pull junk yards on my days off pulling parts to sell on Ebay. (That's how I pay for my car hobby).

Matt
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thanks for the offer Matt, that’s a good ideal to support the cause lol.
 
!flamesuiton! get a Prius.

They are cheap, Super reliable, 45mpg, you can shoot an AK47 out the window with no plate on it while smoking a joint and never get pulled over. It's actually a pretty nice car other than it's boring.
 
mikesfastss said:
it’s like you know me lol, what kind of truck do you drive?
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Sierra with a 6.2L/8L90e with 3.42 cogs. The trick is to keep it under 80. It doesn't reach 2000 RPM until you go 84. If you drive under 70 it'll go into 4 cylinder mode and get 21-23. If you can keep it 50-65 it does 24 pretty easy. Best this year was 23.8mpg up and down M52. Last year best was 28.8 driving up north between Traverse City and Rogers City and back to Petoskey.

Around town (Ann Arbor traffic) it gets 16-17. The way I drive I get 17-18 between Chelsea and Jackson. The worst tank I got in the last 68,000 miles was 14.5 and that was in the winter using remote start liberally and driving on I94 on the speed limiter.

I had a loaner 5.3L/6L80e that I drove for two tanks and it actually got worse (12mpg) gas mileage. I think it's because the 6.2L has insane torque so around town you never really have to be in the throttle unless you want to be across the intersection before anyone else's brake lights come off at the traffic light. At highway speeds the 5.3L/6L80e has to spin faster to hold 80+ and downshifts at each mole hill.
 
347convert said:
!flamesuiton! get a Prius.

They are cheap, Super reliable, 45mpg, you can shoot an AK47 out the window with no plate on it while smoking a joint and never get pulled over. It's actually a pretty nice car other than it's boring.
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347convert said:
!flamesuiton! get a Prius.

They are cheap, Super reliable, 45mpg, you can shoot an AK47 out the window with no plate on it while smoking a joint and never get pulled over. It's actually a pretty nice car other than it's boring.
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This is all I could think of when I read the thread title - it's the obvious choice. I'm on the opposite side of the fence though, I drive a Toyota and you couldn't pay me to drive a GM vehicle. When I read the OP was a bigger dude, all I could think of was the Toyota Avalon. Extremely underrated.
 
Chrisfix recently put up a video on how to replace the battery packs on a Prius. Not that I’d attempt it, but it was a good video. Not even sure why I watched it when I don’t even plan to own one.

What about a Ford Cmax in the future? For when you retire that Tahoe.
 
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