I agree that 18 is not very good for a car and not great for a smaller pick up truck either. We have two cars and two pick up trucks all of which get over 20 mpg. Our oldest is a 1987 Ford Ranger which gets right at 22mpg, actually the 2005 Ford Ranger also gets right around 22 mpg. The difference is the older one is 2 wheel drive and newer one is 4 wheel drive. We bought it specifically for the 4 wheel drive. The two cars one gets about 25 mph the new one gets just under 30mpg. The 2003 Monte Carlo SS gets about 25 mph and the 2010 Nissan Versa gets just under 30mpg. For the Versa that is strictly city driving. We've actually never even had it on a freeway. We bought the Versa over the summer to help with gas mileage for my job as well as have a more useful car for my job as well. Which is why we had to find something that has a hatchback, which can be difficult to find.