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yeah, I,m reading this and it says E95 is designed for diesel or high compression engines. I hadnt actually heard of it till now..I know the Honda runs pretty high comp but wow..

http://www.cleanairtrust.org/Differences-Between-E85-and-E95.html

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Not on the list - but how about a Lexus IS200 or ES300.

IS200 - Good on fuel, cramp rear seats, great boot space, awesome handling, great ride, pretty slow if you don't rev it hard. Better in manual form if you want to extract the most power out of it, but the auto is pretty sweet for the daily grind.

ES300 - lots of space, decent power, has some "class" and many common parts with a Camry - good value IMO. Personally I'm not a fan of FWD cars - but you get lots of car for your money.

Nissan Maxima is also pretty good too, but styling is a little quirky - but is somewhat more elegant than a Camry.

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Terry after reading pages of crap and trying to find e95 stockists in Victoria I have just realized u are talking about e95 which is 10% ethanol at 95 octane rating .

In otherwords E10 !!!!

which we have already been using for months..

you just wasted more than 2 minutes of my life ya old prick :down:

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Terry after reading pages of crap and trying to find e95 stockists in Victoria I have just realized u are talking about e95 which is 10% ethanol at 95 octane rating .

In otherwords E10 !!!!

which we have already been using for months..

you just wasted more than 2 minutes of my life ya old prick :down:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh all of that made me lol.

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Joe Nash Rising Star

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my sister drives a yaris, quite like the yaris to, cheap car to buy, very cheap car to run, has a bit of get up and go when you need it.

but i would say for a small family, it would be best to get the sedan instead of the hatch which my sister has (please note, my sister has 3 kids and can fit them in this small car no problems)

i also would go the yaris as i used to drive one many moons ago delivering pizzas.

the other option would be the i30, just like the yaris in many ways, just lower to the ground.

but hey that's my opinion if you want a good cheap reliable car that wont set you broke and can easily take what you need it for, but hey, i'm used to small cars as all my cars till now have been pulsars

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my sister drives a yaris, quite like the yaris to, cheap car to buy, very cheap car to run, has a bit of get up and go when you need it.

but i would say for a small family, it would be best to get the sedan instead of the hatch which my sister has (please note, my sister has 3 kids and can fit them in this small car no problems) i also would go the yaris as i used to drive one many moons ago delivering pizzas.

the other option would be the i30, just like the yaris in many ways, just lower to the ground.

but hey that's my opinion if you want a good cheap reliable car that wont set you broke and can easily take what you need it for, but hey, i'm used to small cars as all my cars till now have been pulsars.

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my sister drives a yaris, quite like the yaris to, cheap car to buy, very cheap car to run, has a bit of get up and go when you need it. but i would say for a small family, it would be best to get the sedan instead of the hatch which my sister has (please note, my sister has 3 kids and can fit them in this small car no problems)

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Mazda 6 handles better but Accord Euro has a nicer gearbox and better engine.

If you can cop the sadness of owning an Aurion then these are the best value car 4 years old. You get one from the auction houses for the price of a night at the movies and it'll even have leather.

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