Originally Posted by rrrrrroger

I drive an econobox:
$10,000 plymouth caravelle (when new)
$14,000 insight (also new).

I buy the lowest price I can find, cause no amount of gas savings will make up a $5000-10,000 pricetag difference. It's smarter to look at the Price first and MPG second. (Also Versa, Yaris, and Civic are hardly econoboxes. Both are really nice cars.)


I still think the original poster should keep the car he has now. When he trades it in, he'll instantly lose $5000 between what he paid & what he gets. That's a huge chunk of change to lose.