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I bought my wife a used '98 HX w/ 50,000 miles on it 2 years ago. It almost has 100,000 now. She drives it about 90 miles roundtrip each day to work, all highway w/ only 3-4 possible traffic lights the whole way. She gets stuck in bad rush hour traffic on some days where it's stop and go for a couple of miles. Driving 65 - 70 MPH she averages 40 - 42 MPG during the winter, 43 - 46 MPG dring the spring and mid to late fall, and 46 - 49 MPG during the warmest summer months. She does no coasting at all. The only mod I tried since late winter a few months ago is a partial front grille block which perhaps increased FE by 2% or so. I removed it for the summer. The car is rock solid, no problems. I highly recommend it, especially one w/ under 100k miles for under $4k.
I was a '95 VX owner from brand new until 225,000 miles and sold it recently when it needed new tires, new front crank seal, clogged EGR ports to be cleaned, and a few other things rather than investing the $$ in repairs. I regularly got 52 - 55 mpg during the summer and 48 - 51 mpg during the winter (and it was the non-lean burn California model). I loved the car and its fuel economy and never had any problems at all except the previously mentioned things just before i sold it. Also very highly recommended, but good luck finding one w/o rust, with low miles for a reasonable price.
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