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#5412 of 5644 187k by kneisl1 Jun 04, 2008 (2:05 pm)
Awesome!
#5413 of 5644 Re: Thinking of buying an Echo with 147k [santeemama] by dake Jun 05, 2008 (7:50 pm)
Replying to: santeemama (Jun 03, 2008 7:45 pm) 150k on a Toyota is like 75k on many other cars. Assuming your daughter will drive the standard or less mileage, it could be five years before she tops the 200k mark. Ask if you can take it to a mechanic and have them go over it (honestly, if the seller refuses, that's a red flag right there). In the end, if the price is right I think it's not a bad idea. It's a great first car for sure.
#5414 of 5644 True or False? by babyboomer Jun 10, 2008 (6:01 pm)
Small cars (like the ECHO) are going up in demand and price while demand and prices for SUVs are going down? Replies to this message: nippononly (Jun 10, 2008 6:39 pm) nippononly (Jun 10, 2008 6:39 pm)
#5415 of 5644 Re: True or False? [babyboomer] by nippononly Jun 10, 2008 (6:39 pm)
Replying to: babyboomer (Jun 10, 2008 6:01 pm) True, I think, although it is much more dramatically true on the SUV side than it is on the small car side.   And it doesn't seem to be reflected yet in on-line resources like Kelly Blue Book.
#5416 of 5644 Re: True or False? [babyboomer] by nippononly Jun 10, 2008 (6:39 pm)
Replying to: babyboomer (Jun 10, 2008 6:01 pm) True, I think, although it is much more dramatically true on the SUV side than it is on the small car side.   And it doesn't seem to be reflected yet in on-line resources like Kelly Blue Book.
#5417 of 5644 Re: 215,528 miles on my 2001. Anybody have more? [meechity] by dake Jun 11, 2008 (1:11 pm)
Replying to: meechity (Apr 21, 2008 11:06 am) Missed this post earlier, but to Echo (har har) the previous statements, cruising at 70+ will seriously degrade your fuel economy. Parasite drag increases exponentially with speed so twice the speed equals four times the drag and so on. So the drag increase between 60 and 70 mph is MUCH higher than between 50 and 60, to say nothing of between 70 and 80. It's simple physics.     This primarily effects the top speed of a vehicle where it requires a virtually infinite amount of power to push an extra mph higher. The flip side is, it also requires much more gas to provide that power.   My 2001 Automatic Echo got 42 mpg on a road trip once but I didn't spend much time at all above 70 mph. Around town I average 31'ish but I've got bigger tires now and tend to accelerate harder and drive faster - though I'm making an effort to cut back on that again!   So, while the mileage on your Echo may be a contributing factor, a far bigger component is your speed.
#5418 of 5644 square by kneisl1 Jun 11, 2008 (3:22 pm)
I think one reason they made the ECHO so small is to go between the molecules of air. Thats probably one reason why it gets such good mileage.
#5419 of 5644 Kill Switch by sfecho Jun 23, 2008 (3:58 pm)
I participated in this forum a bit WAY back in the old days...2002 or so. We have been enjoying our two Echo's for all these years. one has 88K and the other 28K. They have been perfectly reliable. Anyway, it appears thieves here in San Francisco have a way to buy a universal set of keys for Toyotas (I've heard from Snap-On Tools, but I don't know if that's right) and just drive a car away. I would like to install a ignition kill switch and hide it in the passenger compartment somewhere. Has anyone done this or know which wire under the hood to cut to install a kill switch?
#5420 of 5644 switch by kneisl1 Jun 23, 2008 (4:47 pm)
JCW sells a switch that goes on the + wire going to the battery. I worry about someone stealing my ECHO, siphoning the oil out of my oil tank, and stealing the wood from my wood pile!
#5421 of 5644 Visionary by kneisl1 Jun 25, 2008 (2:38 am)
Well its finally happened. The Gas Apocolypse I foresaw back in 00 when I bought my ECHO is upon us! People are lining up at my doorstep to tell me "You were RIGHT!" NOT!

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