If you want to live green, choose second hand cars
Driving a hybrid car is the most known of way of saving the environment. However, if you really want to help save the earth and do something about global warming, driving a second had car is the best thing that you can do. You can browse your favorite car model on different second hand car stores online like Motors.co.uk or by visiting second hand car outlets near you. By doing so, you will surely find the best model and make of your desire without having the guilt feeling of harming the environment, as by driving a second hand car allows you to put less carbon dioxide to the atmosphere, thus less pollution and lesser carbon footprint.
Matt Power stated in an issue of Wired Magazine in 2008 that, a hybrid car like the Toyota Prius has greater mileage but it has also been known that it takes 113 million BTUs of energy in order to make the said model. Since a gallon of gasoline contains 113,000 BTUs of energy, the Toyota Prius already takes 1,000 gallons of gasoline before it was made available for view in a certain showroom, which is a large amount of gasoline already.
Looking at the figures mentioned, driving a Prius lets you owe 1,000 gallons of gasoline to the environment prior to driving it, which is not eco-friendly enough. Therefore, buying a second hand car would be beneficial, since upon buying, you already have saved 1,000 gallons of gasoline. However, when buying a second hand car, you must also choose those that have better mileage. One example of a fuel-efficient second hand car is the 1998 Toyota Tercel, which has 27mg city/35 mpg highway miles.
Other fuel-efficient second hand car models include the Ford Festiva or Aspire with 33 mpg, while a Mazda Proteges of the mid-90s and the early 90s Dodge Colts have 30 mpgs or so.
Other fuel-efficient second hand car models include:
- Honda CRX HF
- 1985 Chevrolet Chevette
- 1987 Chevrolet Sprint
- Toyota Echo
- Honda Civic
- Chevrolet Prizm
- Mini Cooper
Aside from the above mentioned models, you can also do your own research when buying a second hand car. You can visit the manufacturer’s website or browse on review sites and read some honest reviews from critics and users. In this way, you can have the idea if the car that you are aiming to buy has better mileage and can contribute in saving the environment
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