So how much are you willing to spend on gas..

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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Kel Varnsen wrote:
    But if you replaced your existing system with a prius, I imagine you wouldn't just leave your element in the driveway or give it away. You would be able to recover some of that $20,000 cost increase by selling your element.

    Absolutely! But I wouldn't be selling my Element because I need the cavernous space it offers that I wouldn't have in a Prius. Had I been willing to give up my Element in exchange for the Prius, the model changes and it becomes either very close to profitable or profitable for me.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    If you're going to go Prius, why not wait for a more efficient diesel?

    Hybrids are a little silly, if you're going to go hybrid, it'd be better to try and find an electric car which should be on the market by now but alas... the effort was squashed.

    Because diesel is more expensive and filthy and electrics aren't really available. If I'm going to wait for new technology, I'll simply wait for a fuel cell.
    The hybrids are ok, but you would be more efficient and economical going with biodiesel in a super efficient diesel.

    I'm not really interested in using food as fuel.
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,821
    i drive 60 miles totall evryday to/from work i will change my work hrs so i can car pool with a friend but really if it hit's $5 a gallon we as consumers need to get together and maybe hold protest of some sort anything to let this clueless government know we won't put up with this bullshit ,this issue has a totall ripple effect on the whole country ,food ,vacationing ,everything is affected ....
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  • Given2Fly...SD
    Given2Fly...SD Posts: 146
    around $5, but I really would have a choice anyway, since i can't buy a hybrid or altenative fueled car and time soon
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  • _Crazy_Mary_
    _Crazy_Mary_ Posts: 1,299
    I have no choice. I will keep buying gas, no matter what the price and I will travel less and less. I live 10 miles out of town, in the woods, and I have 3 children. There will be no other form of transportation for my family.
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  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    If you're going to go Prius, why not wait for a more efficient diesel hybrid like the new VW golf.?

    when i was recently shopping for a new car i wanted a vw golf or a different vw, but all my friends with vws highly recommended i stay away from them. their vws are in the shop often. i had to take that into consideration because of cost, and my new car isn't a hybrid or anything, but she's pretty good with gas.
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  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    VictoryGin wrote:
    when i was recently shopping for a new car i wanted a vw golf or a different vw, but all my friends with vws highly recommended i stay away from them. their vws are in the shop often. i had to take that into consideration because of cost, and my new car isn't a hybrid or anything, but she's pretty good with gas.

    what did you end up buying, if you don't mind me asking...

    I just went through the same process...being a VW person, I wanted to get a New Rabbit, but the 20mpg around town was BS to me...

    I picked up a Honda Fit Sport and LOVE it...34mpg in the city...!!!
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    inmytree wrote:
    I picked up a Honda Fit Sport and LOVE it...34mpg in the city...!!!

    Nice choice.
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Nice choice.

    Thanks. I searched for about 3 months...I wanted to go with a Used car, but one of my main criteria was Gas Mileage, second being price, around 15K. I wanted at least 30 in the city...the only Used cars that would come close would be a newer Civic as I'm leery of Hybrids...

    I figured I buy new over used for the same price...
  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    inmytree wrote:
    what did you end up buying, if you don't mind me asking...

    I just went through the same process...being a VW person, I wanted to get a New Rabbit, but the 20mpg around town was BS to me...

    I picked up a Honda Fit Sport and LOVE it...34mpg in the city...!!!

    nissan versa hatchback. and i love her too. i test drove the yaris (didn't like) and the versa (loved) and was about to go check out the honda fit but i just really liked the versa.
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Because diesel is more expensive and filthy and electrics aren't really available. If I'm going to wait for new technology, I'll simply wait for a fuel cell.



    I'm not really interested in using food as fuel.


    True, but USLD just came on to the market as well so that's part of the cost and it's becoming cleaner.

    For the record I think the Element is one of the best vehicles to be invented recently. Between the Fit and the Element they really have some good stuff going. The VW's do require a lot of work compared to hondas...

    I really think with the relative success of so many electric cars and with CNG's around all over and the Honda system basically pretty close to production if it's not there already that those should be an option in the next few years.

    http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-gx/
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  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    inmytree wrote:
    Thanks. I searched for about 3 months...I wanted to go with a Used car, but one of my main criteria was Gas Mileage, second being price, around 15K. I wanted at least 30 in the city...the only Used cars that would come close would be a newer Civic as I'm leery of Hybrids...

    I figured I buy new over used for the same price...

    For such an inexpensive car, buying new is a great approach. Used cars so often carry so many hidden costs.

    That said, I'd love to find a 1985 hatchback Honda CRX like the one my parents had when I was a kid. That car cost $8,000 new and got over 50 mpg on the highway. We put over 200,000 miles on that car and the only thing we ever had to replace on it was the muffler.
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    VictoryGin wrote:
    nissan versa hatchback. and i love her too. i test drove the yaris (didn't like) and the versa (loved) and was about to go check out the honda fit but i just really liked the versa.

    I seems we had the same list...

    We sat in a Yaris...nope, too cheap inside...

    We sat in a Dodge Caliber...yikes, what a crappy looking car...

    We test drove a Saturn Astra, really liked it, but only 24mpg in town and 3k more than the Fit...

    We test drove the Versa...twice...but the Fit was just a better...Fit...he he..

    Congrats to you and your purchase...
  • inmytree
    inmytree Posts: 4,741
    farfromglorified wrote:
    For such an inexpensive car, buying new is a great approach. Used cars so often carry so many hidden costs.

    That said, I'd love to find a 1985 hatchback Honda CRX like the one my parents had when I was a kid. That car cost $8,000 new and got over 50 mpg on the highway. We put over 200,000 miles on that car and the only thing we ever had to replace on it was the muffler.

    I had a 1990 CRX....

    sadly my ex ended up with that one...

    she gave to a co-workers kid..GAVE it, I say...

    I still see it running around town from time to time...
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    True, but USLD just came on to the market as well so that's part of the cost and it's becoming cleaner.

    For the record I think the Element is one of the best vehicles to be invented recently. Between the Fit and the Element they really have some good stuff going. The VW's do require a lot of work compared to hondas...

    I really think with the relative success of so many electric cars and with CNG's around all over and the Honda system basically pretty close to production if it's not there already that those should be an option in the next few years.

    http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-gx/

    The natural gas Civic definitely sounds cool as hell. The in-home fueling option is fucking awesome.
  • farfromglorified
    farfromglorified Posts: 5,700
    inmytree wrote:
    I had a 1990 CRX....

    sadly my ex ended up with that one...

    she gave to a co-workers kid..GAVE it, I say...

    I still see it running around town from time to time...

    Hehe...that's just salt in the wound. My parents gave their CRX to some charity drive and used it as a tax deduction. I often wonder how long that little car kept running.
  • VictoryGin
    VictoryGin Posts: 1,207
    inmytree wrote:
    I seems we had the same list...

    We sat in a Yaris...nope, too cheap inside...

    We sat in a Dodge Caliber...yikes, what a crappy looking car...

    We test drove a Saturn Astra, really liked it, but only 24mpg in town and 3k more than the Fit...

    We test drove the Versa...twice...but the Fit was just a better...Fit...he he..

    Congrats to you and your purchase...

    ha, thank you. congrats to you as well. part of me wishes i would have test drove the fit anyway because i love hondas, but i'm happy with my pocket rocket. wanted to try nissan because i've heard good things. my list was pretty easy to form because i definitely wanted a hatchback that was decent with gas.
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  • yoke
    yoke Posts: 1,440
    I won't really change much. I drive an 2001 F150 and its a gas hog. I do use it for work everyday though. Its kinda hard to put plywood or sheetrock in the back of a Civic.
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  • yellowled24
    yellowled24 Posts: 3,118
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    ..before you find alternative forms of transportation?

    Prices around here are between $3.89 and $4.09 a gallon right now. Even with my fuel efficient Honda Civic it's going to cost me $6 or $7 today just to drive to my parents who live a mere 25 miles away.

    I think anything over $5 a gallon and I'm selling my car.
    Yesterday I put $50 worth of fuel in the car, and I had to put another $20 in on my way home coz I was on empty...I probably drove about 120 kms.....

    Im thinking of converting to gas, but then the gas price will just go up....so I might try and grow some wings or something :eek:
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    sweetpotato wrote:
    i hear ya, and i wish i could sell my car but i've got two kids, one who's active in sports, and another who's active in diapers and has to be driven to the sitter's every day. it's not an option for me to chuck the car. even though we have decent public transportation, i think that would end up costing me as much or more than gas in the long run. but if i was single w/o kids, i would definitely explore other options.
    But you still have a limit.. what if it was $20 a gallon? We all have a threshold.

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