Twenty-year-old Civics got 57 miles per gallon - Dec. 19, 2007

Twenty-year-old Civics got 57 miles per gallon - Dec. 19, 2007:

"Even in its base HF trim, the CRX was considered a fun car to drive because it was small and responsive. Its zero-to-sixty time, though - about 12 seconds by some estimates - would put it well behind even a large, sedate family sedan like the Ford Taurus today."

I owned a red 1990 CRX HF for about 11 years. I drove it off the lot just a few days before Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Boy, did I feel smug.

It was a great little car. On long trips it often averaged 60-62 mpg.

I finally gave it up after moving to Santa Fe. It had trouble climbing La Bajada. And it started pulling to the left after a local mechanic installed new front-end ball joints. Okay, and it had no air conditioning, which made for stinking hot desert travel.

But it was a great little car...