Gas $ Etc.

I don't know about everyone else on here...but I am having a tough time with the cost of the STi... I saw it coming with gas prices, but the price of everything else seems to be rising as well.

I'm thinking if it goes upwards of 4.00 a gallon...that might be the breaking point for me. Between 4 and 4.50 I suppose. Anyone else have a limit in mind before they give up the pleasure ride...?

Just seeing what other people are thinking about the current situation and how you are dealing with it.

 

Also, it is my only car, and I am single...25. I know some people have it as a second car, or whatever.

 

I just try not to drive very much

 

I have a motorcycle, plan on getting my license this summer and driving it to work when I can.
I just had to fill up my wrx, so I only put in $15 worth instead of filling it all the way, I don't know how long that will last, but it might be a good habit to get into.

 

i'm looking at getting a bike for the summer

 

tune it to e85 and save yourself 80 cents a gallon!!! 80 cents x 15 gallons = $12 per tank saved and it comes out as "higher octane". im already paying $4.09 for diesel in my 1 ton, i'd take an sti gas mileage over that anyday, unless i have to tow.

 

^iirc from one of the tuning guys on here, you will use more gas with the e-85, so it evens out with regular gas prices.

 

Yes, the poor mpg of E85 is well known. Figure on 30% worse mpg, or 70% of what you get now. It does depend on the vehicle, though.

 

With $4 per gallon approaching, I'm looking at getting a daily driver (A civic most likely). Prices don't got anywhere to go but up

 

yes.....the gas prices are really putting pressure on my driving fun. i was really hoping that i wouldnt have to but im selling the car this summer maybe. im gonna to a full tuneup for it and then sell it. i just cant afford to fill er up if the prices go as high as expected. im looking at getting an old honda civic and a moped....not even kidding. serious business.

about E85.

with a food crisis in the midst we shouldnt be using a very usefull food for fuel

 

i would buy a el cheapo crx with power nothing or a geo metro, nothing beats 40+ miles per gallon on 20 year old technology

 

ban

 

Me and my boss were having this discussion a few days ago. The gas prices are getting so high now that its becoming a monthly expense that people have to buget for. Which i think sucks big time. I know when i can get my hands on an electric car im going to!!! Im just curious to see when the rest of the U.S is gonna stand up and say that its finally enough. Because you know DAMN well its not getting anymore expensive to make gas the oil companys are just charging us a ton becuase they can! M-F'ers

 

Yay for short commutes.

 

wow, yeah...it's getting rough out there. I paid 3.67 for 93 octane today. It has been going up and up. 40 bucks for like 10 somethin gallons is just absurd.

I thought about a moped or something but I live in a loft in st.paul and we don't have garages or underground parking or any of that.

I thought about e85, but last time I brought it up in the forums, more people were steering me against it than towards it.

 

I got like a record 19 + mpg this time in the STi...I have been averaging 17.5 to 18.

 

as a part of world issues its not the oil companies just jacking up prices. people have that misconception.

when it costs more for them to distribute oil around the world the price goes up. i herd that around 40-60 cents of the price we have right now is a combination of whats going on in southamerica and the middle-east. that makes the supply drop and we have to pay more to make up for the growing demand. also. other things like China and Indias rate of development has led them to needing more and more energy and one of them is fossil fules. they will be adding to the reasons why we are paying so much because supply and demand means everything in the oil business. its not them just trying to get more money. they would have to be smarter than that because they would make their market stressed over their own product. at some point we will have to change to other means of energy and they wouldnt want to speed up that transition by making it harder for everyone to but fuel.

i think E85 is total bs. sure it has amazing performance gains for the price considered but the idea behind its use as fuel isnt a smart move when another serious issue is showing itself. the price of food is usually supposed to infalte by about 2% each year but in 2007 it inflated over 4% which in the big picture is drastic. farmers love the idea of E85 because they get more money but it raised the price for many foods and starves people in the long run. im never ever going to use E85.

sorry for my rant. im just getting sick of gas prices and food prices.

 

marvelous.... exactly

me.. meh.. gotta drive.. I put gas in... just means my mods wait... people complain about this and that but waste money on cigarettes and booze... meh

 

the reason why im going to do something to keep my MPG as high as i can. i need a car that gets me really good milage. and i want a moped so i can take advantage of the nearly 100mpg they have. and i wont be out of the tuner world haha i found my next move hahahaha!

the honda ruckus FTMFW! check these out!







and my favorite one!

 

For real, get ready to start swiping your CC twice. I saw this coming and got tired of paying for 3 subaru's which costed me at least +$40 each per week. My wife and I put on average +500miles weekly for work and weekend. Monthly cost was in the upward $400. So I sold all my toys, Track-GSR, WRX and STi. I only have the Forester now for the camping trips and went out and bought my wife a new Toyota Prius. The savings I am getting with this new car I can afford to hit more track events, cutting my gas cost in half if not more. The last tank we got 512miles and this current tank we'll surpast that easily. The cost of living has gone up and now we have to start calculating fuel cost into the budget. I wasn't really interested in the Prius at first but after budgeting my expenses month after month it just didnt make sense anymore. The best part about owning a Prius is I get to really work on my driving, seriously.

 

FUNNY! I was just looking at the ruckus the other night online. It is one badass looking moped. If only I had a place to store it.

 

yeah im for sure getting one in black this summer. such a cool little thing haha

 

See, and everyone laughs at the Zuma (scooter). I get about 90MPG, goes 45 and ends up costing me about $4.50 a week to drive to work (at current gas prices). Show me a car that can beat that!

 

If anyone is seriously considering a Mopad there is a guy on MNAutox trying to sell it. I can't for see myself on one, I'll get run over. LOL

 

I am trying to picture Spidy on a ZUMA cruz'n to work. Wait I've seen that movie; Spiderman! I would have to agree, if I lived closer to work I might be incline to do so as well.

 

naw i cant see myself on any other one than the factory "murdered out" rucus. they look cool cuz its almost just a frame .

 

cept it's a 50cc 4-stroke. No powa...

 

damn didnt know those ruckus' got that good of fuel economy, and damn they are cheap new

 

yeah 91 mpg on a 1.3 gallon tank. it lets you know when there is .3 gallons left. I think it is like 3 or 4 hp... but for a skinny little dude like me, it might just hop up to 45 mph in about 20 seconds instead of 35 seconds.

 

Down with e-85, it's the economic devil! Shame on all who use it, make it, or sell it.

 

im only 145-150lbs so it wouldnt have any problem moving me around. they are really affordable. and can do offroading really well too with those big tires and nice suspension. i dont care as long as it can go around 40mph. thats all id need to go on a moped anyways.

 

I drive 120 miles per day for work, I usually get around 27 mpg in the RS. I dont even look at what gas costs anymore, I have to fill up no matter what.

 

what if you have no money? do you still fill up?

 

anybody got a geo for sale? haha im leaning towards something like that for a dd also maybe a bike(moto) would help ease the pain of gas

 

a few guys in town run e85 and they have only seen a 2-3 mpg drop thats what made me a supporter. ANYTHING is better than my cost of diesel! $100 on saturday to fill it.

 

get your hoover dam ppg box already so you can fart all over the guy on his high horse:biggrin::biggrin::laugh::yumyum:

 

Actually pals the refineries profit margins are less. Oil price is based on the dollar, dollar loses value, price per barrel goes up. So far the producers are sucking up the rise in oil prices and not passing directly rising cost of the crude. I noticed the actual total use petrol has gone done this year several percentage points compared to last year, at least in the US. I expect this to continue during the summer driving season. The analysts at work predicted over $4 a gallon for this summer last fall. Looks like they were right. Keep driving the mopeds. Sell me your STi cheap....

 

yeah it sucks but there is no way in hell i could ever give up my wrx....i mean i get 25 to 26 mpg on drivin to work all week...thats not to shabby if you ask me...and i have a crotch rocket so you know damn well thats gonna be my dd during summer here

 

i ride my motorcycle, a 50 (even when i'm RAILING on it) MPG 10 second daily driver, its win win. that and my subaru somehow gets around 28 MPG when i'm taking it easy, and i run regular most of the weekdays.

 

everyone should get a motorcycle and we should all ride to FS one day! me want 08 ninja 250!

 

i have been driving my sti a little less aggressively and now get 21-22 mpg. i keep a honda fit for my commute in traffic yesterdays fillup was at an average of 36.2 mpg it being a light car makes a big difference