zxcvbob wrote:

> I figure I'll take the Buick; it looks like a gas guzzler, but it gets
> almost 30 miles per gallon on long trips, and it's comfortable to drive.
> And I think the whole trip is "only" 4500 miles. (The round trip to
> Houston is about 2400 miles.)

I bought my mother's 97 Buick last fall when she had to give up her licence.
That car gets to 35 mpg.