Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
Automotive News & Views How does gas at $4 and higher impact you?
2183 messages, Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
You are in the Automotive News & Views Forum. Your Hosts are steve_ & claires
|
Replying to: steve_ (Nov 01, 2008 8:01 am) No impact on me from $4.00 gas, and I will continue to not tell the masses what they should do. 
|
|
|
|
|
Replying to: larsb (Nov 01, 2008 9:33 am) OH GAWD! THAT'S FUNNIER THAN SEINFELD. ROTFLMAO!!!  Back on topic. As Gas drops past $2.50 in my area I now have another $30-40 per week to spend or save as I choose. That's a new car in 20 years. I'll be almost ready to replace my 2008 by then. |
|
|
Replying to: murphydog (Nov 01, 2008 11:59 am) The impact for now is that instead of paying $250 for my gas for my Thanksgiving trip to visit my family I'll only pay about $180. Thanks for that, Americans. Your lack of driving (one of the things I have advocated) helped bring the prices down. |
|
|
Hey all- I just paid $2.03 today for my gas. I was excited that I could fill up my car from 1/4 tank for $22 and that'll last me a while. Then again I still have to deal with the fact that my mileage sucks because we have 10% ethanol and that gives us a net 6% decrease in economy, I'm not sure of the exact numbers, but I'm just guessing. Somebody else who knows about the chemistry is going to have to help me on that one. I know people who are able to get 34 mixed with the same model and it sounds like they drive like I do, i.e. no hypermiling, just normal driving. The most I've cracked is 29.5 in my Accord 4cylinder with a 60/40 city/hwy split. |
|
|
|
|
Replying to: tankbeans (Nov 01, 2008 3:06 pm) |
|
AutoObserver reported the other day that "with plummeting gasoline and diesel prices, some industry insiders are beginning to question if even seemingly definitive investment commitments for smaller, more fuel-efficient models, advanced powertrains and hybrid-electric technology may suffer some kind of "reconsideration."
|
|
|
Replying to: steve_ (Nov 01, 2008 4:12 pm) Lets see if I have this right. The Prius and the Insight came out in 2000? Was fuel more or less expensive in 2000. So we have now seen $4.00 gas and just about everyone is making a hybrid and hybrids might suffer? The CEO of Toyota stands in front of the cameras and says he is committed to having a hybrid of every model of Toyota and we should worry that suddenly everyone is going to abandon hybrids? (not trying to shoot the messenger here Steve.) But this may be just another time we might want to remember who was crying wolf not all that long ago. I believe AutoObserver said we would never get back to $2.50 gas again. Wait, did we feel it? Is the sky falling?
|
|
|
Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 01, 2008 5:25 pm)
|
|
|
|
|
Replying to: steve_ (Nov 01, 2008 5:38 pm) it makes fuelt mileage/cost less of a budget factor.
|
|
You are here:
Forums
Automotive News & Views How does gas at $4 and higher impact you?
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
