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Will the gas prices affect your next car purchase?

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Bought an '05 Honda CR-V just over a year ago, so I don't think my next car purchase is going to be anywhere in the near future.
 
Originally posted by: intogamer
Originally posted by: YoshiSato
Originally posted by: Svnla
Yes, if gas price keeps going up and staying up, I will get a Civic. No hybrid yet, the technology is still too new. I will get a hybrid when its MPG is 100 or more
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For another 7Gs you can install more batteries and have the civic run like a electric car(you plug it in to your house to charge) or for long trips you engage the engine to produce electrical power. The prototype gets about 250MPG
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Dag. Must have no power at all
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Sh!t like this pisses me off.

When will you peoplel realize that electric motors are superior to Internal Combustion Engines?

Don't get me wrong, I love engines, but... If we had better energy storage devices, we would not be using them. Electric motors are superior in every aspect.

Think about this: They produce maximum torque from 0RPM.
 
It's 91.9p PER DAM LITRE in England. Last week it was 89.9p.

I just live with it and I drive a car that gets 32mpg thats 10yrs old.

Koing
 
Without a friggin doubt, it's going to. There's no reason why prices should go back to what they were 5 years ago... and a better chance it'll keep going up. If the oil companies don't see demand dropping at $4/gal (why should they), it's going to go up to $5/gal... if they don't see it dropping then, it's going to go up again.

 
No. I'm probably getting a Mustang GT. I've been driving 4 cylinders for a few years, and I miss my old v-8s.🙁
 
Yes. When we bought our Jetta a year and a half ago we bought it specifically for the gas milage. I knew gas was going to keep going up, and planned accordingly.
Yes, I wanted to get a Mustang instead. Or a WRX, or a used M3 or something else.
Sometimes though reality dictates otherwise.
 
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But while I currently drive a Mazda3s, and I won't be getting a new car til 2008, since I want 4WD/AWD in my next vehicle, I'm considering everything from a Subaru Impreza to a Mazda CX-7.
 
A definite maybe. If I can talk my wife into us getting an FJ Cruiser then screw mileage. If not, then a high mileage econobox it is.
 
Welll ... my plans havn't changed much

I currently have a truck. We are moving. Depending on where we move, I'll be getting something that does 40+ mpg as a daily driver. Keeping the truck of course. So well be a 3 vehicle family.
 
Originally posted by: ohmide
Currently biking it everywhere. Have 20ish to spend. Rising prices are a little disturbing when looking at how much money will be spent, but then again, that's life. Be frugal or ya live only once 🙂
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I am sticking with my motorcycle at 40 miles to the gallon roughly it is a much better alternative to a car...
 
I'll drive my mustang v6 as long as I feasably can, and then hopefully go to a Miata GT 6spd, which although it runs on preimium, will still have at least a 30% cheaper cost per mile.

This may take a while because I will be soon moving and changing jobs. My new job situation will allow me use of reigonal rails for commuting into center city which I will gladly take over driving. 🙂
 
No, they haven't changed my intentions; I've always planned to go for a hybrid, or at least a more efficient standard motor.
 
Originally posted by: acemcmac
I'll drive my mustang v6 as long as I feasably can, and then hopefully go to a Miata GT 6spd, which although it runs on preimium, will still have at least a 30% cheaper cost per mile.

This may take a while because I will be soon moving and changing jobs. My new job situation will allow me use of reigonal rails for commuting into center city which I will gladly take over driving. 🙂
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Miata's are cute little cars, I have been looking at buying a used one. :thumbsup:
 
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