With my most recent promotion at work... I now have to travel 44 mile to work... and the 104 bucks a week in gas is killing me. So I may trade it in when the New Jeep Patriot comes out. I'm not 100% sure, but I shall see.
I know the feeling. I traded in my Grand Prix for my Chevy Trailblazer EXT. A few weeks after the purchase, gas prices sky rocketed. Curently, I am shelling out between 60-75 a tank......
Honestly, buying a new car for gas mileage usually doesn't make sense (unless your looking at long term), figuring in the cost of the new car, depreciation again etc. My ex-gf had a new manual trans Civic. Her car saved barely under a thousand dollars for the year for gas and she did mainly highway driving, I'm mostly city driving in a heavy V8 suv.
Whats funny is some of my buddies that have like Jettas, or other small cars that take premium gas. Yeh they get better gas mileage, but they cost basically as much to fill up as my suv now using preimum gas lol. Kinda negates the gas mileage savings. Especially with premium being a lot more then regular here.
What that car needs is a diet plan and more muscle. The easier it is to move it the less gas it uses, What you don't need toss it out. Toy with tire pressure and free up the exhaust; I would see what the aftermarket has to offer as far as bolt ons that you could do yourself.
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give it to me. Not sell. 
Sucks man!! What do you think you are going to get to replace it? Staying domestic??
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