Environmentally friendly and practical, the 2008 Toyota Yaris is a great choice of car for the earth conscience buyer.  At a retail price of around $11,000, this is a car you can afford to buy with money left over for the gas.  This is not a hybrid or an electric car, but the Yaris is better on the environment because of the great gas mileage it gets.  The Yaris gets about 40 miles to the gallon on highways and 35 in the city, making the Yaris something to consider as gas prices rise dramatically.  We don’t necessarily want to drive small, practical cars, but this may be the way of the future so that we can continue to travel as we choose and not have to roll our coins to fill up the gas tank.

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The Pontiac Solstice

Made by General Motors, the Pontiac Solstice has a suggested retail price of $22, 785, making coolness affordable to the average car buyer.

The Pontiac Solstice has a 173 horsepower engine, with good balance and big brakes.  Driving this convertible car, with the wind whipping through your hair makes driving to work bearable. 

 This car is built for speed and strives to be a true roadster.  Cool cars are coming back and the Pontiac Company is striving to be one of the top providers of old style but new feature cars.

To build your own Solstice, check out the Pontiac website at www.pontiac.com.  You can build your own car and see all the options this car has to offer.

Solstice:  Out with the old, In with the new. 

Hooptie:  Any car that meets the following: a) driver must enter car through passenger side b) three different brand and size tires - 3 of them missing hubcap c) exhaust is held up by half a clothes hanger - other half replaces the antenna d) backfires every three blocks - loudest backfire being when car is turned off e) must open door at drive-threws as windows don’t roll down f) you only get one AM station and the tape deck eats all tapes inserted g) can’t open the glove box as the whole thing will fall out h) if you let go of steering wheel while driving you’ll make a u-turn i) must manually move blinker lever up and down as it no longer blinks on it’s own j) must keep one foot on brake and one on accelerator when at a complete stop k) has had the same temporary registration sticker in the window for the last 18 months l) has all the above issues but still has a $200 professional tint job.

This is for the poor car enthusiast, who searches couch cushions for loose change in order to fill the gas tank.  You ask yourself, how can I be cool while riding around in a car that shakes at 60 miles an hour?  You can be cool, by following these few simple suggestions.

Keep your car clean.  A no brainer, really, but if you are trying to score chicks (the main purpose for most men to own a hot car), the used fast food containers need to go.  You may not be able to afford that Porsche or Mercedes, but you don’t have to ride around in a moving trash can either.  Keep it clean, use air freshener and make sure that your passengers don’t gag before getting in your car.

 Invest in a paint job and do not buy expensive rims.  The most ridiculous ride on the street is a mismatched paint job car with $2000 rims.  You do not look cool, you look stupid.  Make sure your car is all the same color before going further with the rims.  If you can afford $2000 rims, by a better used car.

Get rid of the fake car alarm.  Who do you think you are fooling?  Walking up to your car and hitting the fake car alarm button (which emits a sound not unlike a chihuahua farting), is one of the fastest ways that you can look completely uncool.  Give it up.  If your car is not worth stealing, it doesn’t need a fake alarm.

Invest in quality sound equipment.  If you are trying to make your ride more cool and you have money burning a hole in your pocket, good sound equipment would be a wise investment.  Not only will your car be instantly more fun to ride in, you can take the equipment out when you buy your next vehicle.  Check on ebay or other auction sites for affordable sound equipment options for your car.