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**xsperf** · 02-19-2007, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by mullethunter3

50 mpg??? come on.... a real person driving a prius doesn't get that.

The Prizm got 29 mpg max... when it was new!

Government Fuel Ratings for 1997 Prizm

Seriously, my car does just about the same:
EPA for my car

i think he was exxagerating

**Numark318i** · 02-19-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by nick_318is

Nice, perfect beater, drive it till it wont move, save some cash for something nice to replace it with.

I want it when your done if I can have it for $100, i will have some plans for it.

vids of this or ban

craig · 02-19-2007, 07:03 PM

my bad, i guess i was thinking about the geo metro. haha. but, it gets me to work and back very nicly. fishtails like non-other tho on ice and in the mud even when going extreamly slow. probably going to atleast get a new set of rims and window tint(big guy+ tiny car= people laughing at me. tinted windows will take care of that) and the reason for the new rims is, the ones i have on now are freakin tiny. like 12X4s, and it just kills me. they look retarded. the thing i really like about this car is the trunk space. its HUGE for the cars size. all in all, i enjoy the car(as a beater)

**RSF5** · 02-19-2007, 07:37 PM

No way man those steelies are working it. Get a huge drag spoiler

craig · 02-19-2007, 10:11 PM

...no

**mullethunter3** · 02-19-2007, 10:34 PM

In all seriousness.... why buy rims for a beater? Seems kind of pointless from here, imo.

craig · 02-19-2007, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mullethunter3

In all seriousness.... why buy rims for a beater? Seems kind of pointless from here, imo.

yes, it is very pointless, but its bugging the hell out of me.

**RSF5** · 02-19-2007, 10:41 PM

^^^ Yeah, if it was my beater it would bug the hell out of me too. What do you want to go with? Wider of course.

craig · 02-19-2007, 10:52 PM

yeah my main thing is wider, that would be alot safer anyway. i was thinking about ordering something off of tirerack.

**RSF5** · 02-19-2007, 11:06 PM

Honestly for a beater you should go with small and wider rims. Get some that can "take a beating" no pun intended. Small like maybe 14 inches? 15? just anything wide and strong would be could on that car.

craig · 02-19-2007, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by RSF5

Honestly for a beater you should go with small and wider rims. Get some that can "take a beating" no pun intended. Small like maybe 14 inches? 15? just anything wide and strong would be could on that car.

i agree. there was a few on there i really liked... i think they were 15X7 and looked pretty tough.

**RSF5** · 02-19-2007, 11:32 PM

Hell. You should go all out. Drop a Turbo Supra engine in it, and lift it like 4 feet. Make the worlds craziest off road Geo Prism.

drz · 02-20-2007, 05:04 PM

Spinner hubcaps ftw.

Regarding gas mileage, I used to consistently get 43 mpg on my 1993 Mitsubishi Mirage S coupe. That is an experimentally determined figure -- not something out of an ad.

**94bmw325i** · 02-20-2007, 08:59 PM

I get low 30's with my vw golf. Is it manual? You should just polish the edge of the steelies, and paint the wheel flat black haha

**c1apton** · 02-20-2007, 09:21 PM

wheels could be tough and or expensive - oems are tiny then the bolt circle is an odd pattern, be careful buying wheels for it. Good score for the $$$ - you'll get that back in mileage provided you don't crash it trying to jump some hay-bail (j/K)