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   From: rokigawa@NOSPAMtristarassociates.com   
      
   "Devil's_Advocate"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns9D28E48F0D2E3DevilsAdvocatedevils@216.196.97.142...   
   > "Ray O"   wrote :   
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   >> "Devil's_Advocate"  wrote in message   
   >> news:Xns9D27DE1EAFC8CDevilsAdvocatedevils@216.196.97.142...   
   >>> I've been looking, for about a YEAR now locally, to find a Corolla with   
   >>> less   
   >>> than 100k miles, with automatic, air conditioning and cruise control.   
   >>> Dont care what year, but I want to pay less than $4000 for it, in great   
   >>> mechanical   
   >>> condition.   
   >>>   
   >>> Cant find one. Looked on Craig's list, seems full of scams. People you   
   >>> email   
   >>> for a week asking to see it, then they answer and claim the car is in   
   >>> another   
   >>> state, if you only pay them, they'll ship it free. Sure.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is there any competitive car made by Ford or someone, that gets in the   
   >>> 30-40   
   >>> MPG range like the Corolla, with plenty of leg room inside too, that's   
   >>> available in the parameters I'm looking for?   
   >>>   
   >>> I need it for a company car and cant wait any longer.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Your price and accumulated mileage expectations are a pretty tough   
   >> requirement.  You might be able to meet your price, accumulated mileage,   
   >> and fuel economy expectations with a Ford Focus.   
   >   
   > 22 mpg city?  My 93 Corolla gets 30-35 MPG ( 2 MPG less during the ethanol   
   > season )   
   >   
      
   I thought the '03 Focus sedan had EPA 27/36, which is not as good as the   
   Corolla, but they are selling closer to the price range you were looking   
   for.   
      
   Another possibility would be to go down in size to something like the Echo,   
   but it probably would not be as comfortable as a Corolla or Focus.   
      
   I worked on a friend's 2003 Focus, and it seemed like a decent car,  The   
   annoying thing was the black rubber O-ring around the trunk lock kept   
   falling off, which a dab of Household goop fixed.   
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   Ray O   
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