Car-Talk? I need a translator.?

Question

I'm looking to buy my first car, and I'm completly lost. There's a local newspaper type of thing that my city has and it sells cars for a good deal, or they try to cheat you out of your money.

So, what's good for gas mileage? What range of numbers?

And there's a lot of slang that I don't understand that google can't help me with, like CC, PS, PW, PDL? V6, AT?

Answer 1

What represents good gas mileage depends on what sort of vehicles you are looking at. For SUVs, 16 city, 24 highway is about the norm, while 21/30 would be good for an economy car.

CC = cruise control

PS = power steering

PW = power windows

PDL = power door locks

V6 is a 6-cylinder engine with two banks of three cylinders. From the front, thje engine block appeats to have a V-shape

AT = automatic transmission

Answer 2

CC is like horsepower, usually when talking about bikes, or cruise control, PS power Steering, PW power windows, PDL power door locks, V6, six cylinder, ok on gas, AT automatic transmission.

Answer 3

CC-cruise control

PS-power steering

PW-power windows

PDL-power door locks

V6- 6 cylinder engine

AT-automatic transmission

Anything that gets over 25, maybe even 20, miles per gallon (highway) is good gas mileage.  

Answer 4

CC-Cruise Control

PS-Power Steering

PDL-Power Door Locks

PW-Power Windows

V6-6 Cylinder engine

AT-Automatic transmission

128k mi means that the car's got 128,000 miles on the odometer.