Gas costs what are you doing/going to do about it?

Originally posted by PlatoSVT:

Originally posted by bradSVT:
I have feet, then I have a dog, then I have a bike, then I will resort to my $3.46/gal CSVT.

I'm afraid to ask, but how is a dog going to help you save gas?

Transportation...duhhh

haha

Paid $2.97/G for premium yesterday.

So I'm paying $1/G extra from where I was 2+yrs ago. Average fill up costs me $13 more.

Each tank = 300miles

Yearly Driving Average = 12,000 miles

12,0000/300 = 40 fill-ups equals an exta $43/month or $520/yr.

I'm not going to change my lifestyle for $500/yr

Originally posted by Kokopellian:
... I'm even thinking I might forego performance and purchase a gas miser at some point when I get a new car....

Who are you? What have you done to Kokopellian?

No change in my driving habits. bigmoneyracing posted an excel spreadsheet during the "last gas crisis" that showed it wasn't worth it to sell the old gas guzzler and buy a econocar to try and save money on gas. It took a long time to recoup the costs.

Edit. bigmoneyracing's post on gas saving.
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=interests&Number=1040832&Forum=All_Forums&Words=1095&Match=Username&Searchpage=24&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=1040832&Search=true#Post1040832

Originally posted by Tony2005:

Originally posted by Kokopellian:
... I'm even thinking I might forego performance and purchase a gas miser at some point when I get a new car....

Who are you? What have you done to Kokopellian?

No change in my driving habits. I think either warmonger or bigmoneyracing posted an excel spreadsheet during the "last gas crisis" that showed it wasn't worth it to sell the old gas guzzler and buy a econocar to try and save money on gas. It took a long time to recoup the costs.

LOL! I'm just saying I was SERIOUSLY considering big V8 RWD power for my next new car purchase. I'm going to keep the Volvo as my EDD since it takes regular and averages 25 mpg. But, I've reconsidered. I have a few other projects in the works so I'm going to see those through to completion first. But mpg is definitely a factor worth considering for my next car.

ride the 75mpg ruckus more.

I bought a car that got about the same MPG as my old one only it takes premium. :shrug:

hah... i did the opposite. went to a car that runs on regular... but makes more power.

Originally posted by Tourige:
nothing, im still gonna go for cruises and go to the track, i dont care what people say, if i can cut costs elsewhere so that i can do what i truley enjoy then i will.

And you guys cant complain, it costs me 48 bucks to fill up the SVT when premuim is 1.09/Liter

that isn't bad, costs well over $80 to fill up the truck for me. And that is american $$$$

Originally posted by elraido:

Originally posted by Tourige:
nothing, im still gonna go for cruises and go to the track, i dont care what people say, if i can cut costs elsewhere so that i can do what i truley enjoy then i will.

And you guys cant complain, it costs me 48 bucks to fill up the SVT when premuim is 1.09/Liter

that isn't bad, costs well over $80 to fill up the truck for me. And that is american $$$$

You guys don't know anything.

Our Suburban costs nearly $120 to fill up. My Ranger just cost me $40 today!

Of course, we're not some poser who only has a Suburban because of the hype. We actually use 80-90% of the seating at all times!

Originally posted by Woodencross:

Originally posted by elraido:

Originally posted by Tourige:
nothing, im still gonna go for cruises and go to the track, i dont care what people say, if i can cut costs elsewhere so that i can do what i truley enjoy then i will.

And you guys cant complain, it costs me 48 bucks to fill up the SVT when premuim is 1.09/Liter

that isn't bad, costs well over $80 to fill up the truck for me. And that is american $$$$

You guys don't know anything.

Our Suburban costs nearly $120 to fill up. My Ranger just cost me $40 today!

Of course, we're not some poser who only has a Suburban because of the hype. We actually use 80-90% of the seating at all times!

Did I forget to mention it only gets 7 mpg with a light foot and that it has two 16 gallon tanks? That equals a whopping 250 miles before it is empty.

I am riding my bike to campus and taking the bus (which i have a free pass for). Before I drove to a meet this past weekend, I hadn't moved my car in over a week. Saves me some good money, plus I am getting exercise, so its a win-win.

i take the metro to work everyday and my company pays for it.

but when i drive i'm going to start to steal gas. i figure if exxon can post $36 BILLION in profits then they can share the wealth (and there's no GOOD explanation why prices are so high except greed).

either that or invest in a jetpack

Originally posted by Woodencross:

Originally posted by elraido:

Originally posted by Tourige:
nothing, im still gonna go for cruises and go to the track, i dont care what people say, if i can cut costs elsewhere so that i can do what i truley enjoy then i will.

And you guys cant complain, it costs me 48 bucks to fill up the SVT when premuim is 1.09/Liter

that isn't bad, costs well over $80 to fill up the truck for me. And that is american $$$$

You guys don't know anything.

Our Suburban costs nearly $120 to fill up. My Ranger just cost me $40 today!

Of course, we're not some poser who only has a Suburban because of the hype. We actually use 80-90% of the seating at all times!

Then buy a minivan dumbass.

I'm going to drive the SVT a little more and the F150 a little less!
Karl

I drive my SE to work and on errands (it gets better MPG than the SVT right now)

Originally posted by Fmr12B:
Paid $2.97/G for premium yesterday.

So I'm paying $1/G extra from where I was 2+yrs ago. Average fill up costs me $13 more.

Each tank = 300miles

Yearly Driving Average = 12,000 miles

12,0000/300 = 40 fill-ups equals an exta $43/month or $520/yr.

I'm not going to change my lifestyle for $500/yr

I wish more people would calculate the real costs instead of listening to the media hype that no one can afford to drive anymore. Bravo!

My wife and I are still going to drive a 21mpg minivan, 14mpg pickup and a 12mpg pickup a combined 40k miles per year.

gas prices are the reason why when we bought a SUV we went with the Liberty CRD

I took care of it back in january when I move closer to work so I only have a 15 minute drive, now I fill up the Mystique about once a week, maybe two depending if I go home or go to the gf house which is about an hour and 15 from where I live now.

Even though I am closer to work and wouldn't be putting as many miles on my Contour I will mostly drive my Mystique to work as it has been getting about 29~30 mpg over the last few years

Dunno. The crappy streets in some parts of Richmond will probably cost me more in repairs than the increase in gas costs. I love the look of cobblestone but it rattles my Contour to death; I'm not sure it's coincidence that my driver-side window regulator went to pieces two weeks after I moved here. At any rate, gas costs will probably make me buy a 4-banger instead of another V-6 for my next car, probably a Mazda3 unless the Honda Fit really wows me when I drive one. But I'll keep the Tour for auto-x or rally.

I went out and bought an 06 gt mustang , 15 mpg so far but its barley broken in, im expecting a couple more mpg after i supercharge it in a daily driving situation, i have my little gmc 1500 pickup that i drive around daily , its got a 35 gallon tank so its darn expensive to fill up but itll run for 5 weeks with me driving back and forth to school so i cant complain , it sounds like a top fuel dragster but gets the gas milage of a civic stazi knows how loud it is, and for 500$ i cant complain about the truck, i just wish i wouldnt have just sold my 600gsxr, my 1000 is ok on gas

My one-ton truck was my daily driver until the last gas spike. At $3/gal it was just under $100/tank (up from $60 or so @ $2/gal), and needed 1 tank/week. So $400/mo was just TOO expensive! I re-insured the Contour (which was seeing maybe 1000 miles/year). There's no way around driving the truck as it's my business vehicle, but now I can generally make 2 weeks between fill-ups. So the $150 or so in savings per month more than makes up for the cost of insuring and driving the Contour again.

Last weekend I had to drive to Kansas City in the truck towing a trailer, and I averaged right around 10�?½ mpg in the truck.

sucks!

I granny shift the Contour when I can remember to, and am usually in 5th gear by 30mph. Lets me get around 20-22 in town.

If I could afford the payments, I'd trade all my vehicles in on diesels and make my own bio-diesel. That can be done for around $.75-$1 per gallon. Unfortunately, unless the GMC truck craps out spectacularly, it's just not cost effective to do this yet.

I would buy a motorcycle for daily driving, but the funds do not exist for such a purchase.

This is my solution!

Not really. The 15mpg highway just doesnt cut it.

This is my new daily beater. Ride it to work an back most days. Saves me about 1.5 gallons a day.

i'm not changing anything yet. both my cars average 24 MPG with aggressive driving and my heavy right foot. i could slow down and get them both up to the 26 MPG range, but that's no fun.

considering we paid $5+ per gallon of diesel in Ireland a couple weeks ago, i think fuel is still pretty cheap here.

"long live the turbo."

Originally posted by Fmr12B:
Paid $2.97/G for premium yesterday.

So I'm paying $1/G extra from where I was 2+yrs ago. Average fill up costs me $13 more.

Each tank = 300miles

Yearly Driving Average = 12,000 miles

12,0000/300 = 40 fill-ups equals an exta $43/month or $520/yr.

I'm not going to change my lifestyle for $500/yr

I just did that with my current driving situation. I am paying an extra $1700(ish) more a year because of gas. I sold the car I recently bought because it dawned on me, sure this is a nice car but the cost of PAYING for he vehicle outways any gas milage increase I would see and it wasn't as fun to drive. I only work 22 hours/week at $13.10/ hour...so do the math on that and that $1700 isn't making me change my driving habits either.

I might take the bus more. That's about it.

I look at it this way: say gas goes up 10 cents/litre (all figures Cdn$). The tank is 50 litres. That's $5 per tank. Given that I don't drive all that much, it works out to $15/month. I think I can swing that.

Even then, with my late father's Country Squire (351 carbueted, baby!), I am looking at $7.20 per tank difference. Add another $15 per month, if I am generous as to how much I would drive the wagon.

I don't want to make the same mistake a neigbour did. He sold his Bronco because of the price of gas, and he loved that vehicle. Got $5000 for it. Then he bought a newer Explorer. For the price difference, he could have bought a LOT of gas.

Yes, I get sticker shock at the gas price, same as everyone else. But I won't spend $5000 to feel better about the price I pay for gas.

Originally posted by Kokopellian:
I was wondering what are you doing to help out your own situation?

Nothing.

Cost of fuel ain't that big a deal. I won't be concerned about it until it approaches the price of fuel in europe.

Side note: I just bought into a townhouse project that is 5 minutes from my work (less than 2 miles) & I'll be moving into one of the units mid to late 2007. Living that close I could bike to work without much fuss.

Right now I commute 20 miles each way so not only will there be fuel cost savings, but the insurance premiums will go WAAAAAY down.

Originally posted by Kokopellian:
LOL! I'm just saying I was SERIOUSLY considering big V8 RWD power for my next new car purchase. I'm going to keep the Volvo as my EDD since it takes regular and averages 25 mpg. But, I've reconsidered. I have a few other projects in the works so I'm going to see those through to completion first. But mpg is definitely a factor worth considering for my next car.

I'm still in the breakin stage for the GTO, but so far after 500 miles; I am averaging 23mpg with a 100 mile round trip mixed driving commute that includes ALOT of stationary time on the freeway (LA traffic). My SVT averaged between 25.5 and 26.7 mpg depending on which route I would take during the week.

I doubt I'll get beck to those same numbers, however I expect to get close to them. If I get a 24 mpg average I'll be happy.

Originally posted by ODC:

Originally posted by Woodencross:

Originally posted by elraido:

Originally posted by Tourige:
nothing, im still gonna go for cruises and go to the track, i dont care what people say, if i can cut costs elsewhere so that i can do what i truley enjoy then i will.

And you guys cant complain, it costs me 48 bucks to fill up the SVT when premuim is 1.09/Liter

that isn't bad, costs well over $80 to fill up the truck for me. And that is american $$$$

You guys don't know anything.

Our Suburban costs nearly $120 to fill up. My Ranger just cost me $40 today!

Of course, we're not some poser who only has a Suburban because of the hype. We actually use 80-90% of the seating at all times!

Then buy a minivan dumbass.

Yippie! This thread needs some action!

Quote:

My one-ton truck was my daily driver until the last gas spike. At $3/gal it was just under $100/tank (up from $60 or so @ $2/gal), and needed 1 tank/week. So $400/mo was just TOO expensive! I re-insured the Contour (which was seeing maybe 1000 miles/year). There's no way around driving the truck as it's my business vehicle, but now I can generally make 2 weeks between fill-ups. So the $150 or so in savings per month more than makes up for the cost of insuring and driving the Contour again.

Your truck cost you $400/month to run every day. Cutting that in half by using the Contour cuts that to $200/month. The only way you're saving $150/month by using the COntour is if it's only costing you $50/month to fuel and insure it. And I really doubt that's the case.

Doing some quick, rough math if you were using 30 gallons a week in the truck then you were probably driving about 450 miles a week. Which would take a Contour about 18 gallons to go -- or about $54/week.

If driving the truck costs $100/week, and the Contour costs $54/week and you drive 2 weeks a month in each of them, then your total cost is $308 per month. That's a savings of only $92/month over driving the truck every day. Figure in the added insurance costs to drive the Contour, and you're probably only really saving $40/month or so not $150.

I'm not saying that's exactly your case. You might drive more in the Contour than a 50/50 mix. I'm just using your case as an example of how even at $3/gallon, the cost savings of driving a considerably more fuel-efficient vehicle generally aren't that great. Particularly when considering what benefits you might give up when doing so (like not being able to visit a job-site easily because it's a day you drove your little car instead of your truck).

well i filled up the escort... 30 BUCKS!!! i remember when i was compaining about 15 bucks filling my old escort..
I'm gonna pump up my bike tires and ride that tomorow

Selling my truck this summer... 9 MPG with no wieght, 7-8 MPG towing just isn't gonna cut it.
My Shadow still gets around 30 MPG granny-shifting, so I'll stick with that and add a contour in place of the truck

Hopefully all this will help

Well, I will try to be smarter with my driving and schedule my errands more efficiently. Overall, though, it's a matter of just accepting it. I'm not going to get paranoid just because the commodities traders are.

I'm not gonna do anything. Maybe if I'm going on a trip with others and my car isn't needed, then I won't take it. I'll probably get a motorcycle by the end of the year, just because I want one, the good gas mileage will be a plus.

I'm serious considering buying a small motorcycle. Something with a 250cc engine would have decent power, and would get at least 60 mpg, which would be perfect for all my usual small trips.

Apartment to campus = 1 mile
Apartment to home = 15 miles
Home to girlfriend's place = 12 miles
Apartment to summer job = 4 miles

That really adds up over the course of a week in the car. Taking estimated statistics I've compiled from the past year, I will have spent $1350 in gas by the middle of May, at which time I will have owned my car for one year and driven it about 13k miles. The numbers I used were an average of 25 mpg for the Contour, and an average cost for the past year of $2.60 per gallon for premium fuel.

I estimate that if I got a bike, I would drive the car 8k miles and the bike 5k miles per year. Using my earlier figures, that would amount to a little over $1000. That's assuming the bike gets 60 mpg, which is a conservative estimate since the bikes I've looked at so far range from 60-80 mpg. That's also assuming that gas prices stay the same. As gas prices increase, the differential of over $300 per year would only increase.

My budget for a bike is $1000 to $1500. For that price, I can get a small bike, only a few years old, and with only a few thousand miles. Assuming that my assumptions stay true over the couse of the next 3-4 years, that's how long it would take for the bike to pay for itself.

Of course, that's not considering the cost of maintenance or insurance. However, the cost of insuring a motorcycle is usually very little, especially a small cheap one like I would be buying, and I wouldn't expect the total maintenance cost of the car and bike to be much more. I'm going to wait until this summer when I have the money, and make my decision then. Likely the choice will be between either putting a full new dual exhaust on the Contour, including headers, or buying a bike. Hmm.

Hhaha suckers and your paing insurance and gas. Just get a wreckless driving charge then you wont have to worry about either of them for 6 months! Well at least in NY state.

thats something to brag about

grease lightning is what i am doing. mercedes wagon here i come!

Originally posted by Rishodi:
I'm serious considering buying a small motorcycle. Something with a 250cc engine would have decent power, and would get at least 60 mpg, which would be perfect for all my usual small trips.

Apartment to campus = 1 mile
Apartment to home = 15 miles
Home to girlfriend's place = 12 miles
Apartment to summer job = 4 miles

haha .. apartment to home is ~15 miles for me, apartment to work is 35 miles (yes, each way). I actually went to Springfield today, 55 miles away, to attend ~20 minutes' worth of a job fair. When I had to fill up today, gas was 2.979 for premium.

Mikey Boy: my dad has always liked the idea of a grease car as well.

Yup , rising gas prices suck big time . What am I gonna do about it ?? I'm gonna complain about it , of course

! Well that and drive my Jetta more

. The CSVT hibernates most of the time anyways , so it's no real biggie . With the weather getting pretty nice , I'll be getting into my road-biking mode , so less time to gas-azz around too . To bad it's not really feasable to ride my bike to work (since I moved further from work a few years ago) or I'd be ALL over that , no doubt . I also plan on riding the SR500 to work quite a bit

everyone just needs to buy diesel, little jetta gets 40mpg doing 80, hell a f250 6.0l gets about like 15-20 from what ive seen, espically with a little tune. then ill just sell some bio diesel im going to make from school... and alot of companies have a hybrid suv thats really only good driving around town.

Originally posted by Rishodi:
Apartment to campus = 1 mile
Apartment to summer job = 4 miles

I would get a mountain bike for these trips, parking is probably a lot better. If you are able to swing it that is.

Originally posted by Rishodi:
However, the cost of insuring a motorcycle is usually very little, especially a small cheap one like I would be buying...

Dude if your still going to campus and have a summer job chances are insurance for you on a motorcycle is going to be sky high. Might wanna look into it!

Originally posted by SvtEdwardo420:
everyone just needs to buy diesel, little jetta gets 40mpg doing 80, hell a f250 6.0l gets about like 15-20 from what ive seen, espically with a little tune. then ill just sell some bio diesel im going to make from school... and alot of companies have a hybrid suv thats really only good driving around town.

How much do these Diesel Jettas cost? I'm looking for one used, and manual, if available.

Think car fuel is bad? Try 100 LL (the stuff for planes). At my local airprot, it's $5 a gallon! Jet A at PBI is $6, without Prist (an anti-water and anti-freezing fuel additive. With it, you're looking at $7). Aviation fuels in the West coast are MUCH cheaper.

I KNOW! I KNOW!!

Let's all get a Tornado!!

Originally posted by TourDeForce:
I KNOW! I KNOW!!

Let's all get a Tornado!!

Screw getting a Tornado. If you get three of them in series, the vortex they create literally pulls your car along the road, increasing mileage to over 100mpg!

(Dons wig and spandex....applies make-up)

"We're not gonna take it! No! We're not gonna take it! We're not gonna take it...anymooooooore."

What is there to do? Luv my SVT...love driving it hard...

the jettas are still pretty expensive even when they are used, due to the fact of being diesel, but it evens out due to the milage they get, and you can run them forever, 250,000 miles easily with good PM

Originally posted by XKontour98:

Originally posted by Rishodi:
Apartment to campus = 1 mile
Apartment to summer job = 4 miles

I would get a mountain bike for these trips, parking is probably a lot better. If you are able to swing it that is.

Yeah for short trips like that walk or get a bicycle. I rode 19 miles to work today (luckily ahead of the rain storm)... I had to because my 'Tour won't start right now, but it was nice. Luckily there is a shower in the building here...

Originally posted by gilroynewball:
How much do these Diesel Jettas cost? I'm looking for one used, and manual, if available.

A coworker is selling her TDI Jetta Wagon. PM me if interested.

Originally posted by gilroynewball:
How much do these Diesel Jettas cost? I'm looking for one used, and manual, if available.

Manual VW Diesels for sale on Autotrader

I am tired of people speculating about the potential gas prices. Nothing more depressing that coming home from a long day of work only to turn on the news to hear "Gas COULD be over $3 soon". If all these speculators would just shut up, maybe the gas prices would stabilize.

Originally posted by XKontour98:

Originally posted by Rishodi:
Apartment to campus = 1 mile
Apartment to summer job = 4 miles

I would get a mountain bike for these trips, parking is probably a lot better. If you are able to swing it that is.

Originally posted by Rishodi:
However, the cost of insuring a motorcycle is usually very little, especially a small cheap one like I would be buying...

Dude if your still going to campus and have a summer job chances are insurance for you on a motorcycle is going to be sky high. Might wanna look into it!

I already walk, ride the bus, or ride my mountain bike most of the time to campus. Parking is better for any bicycle or motorcycle as opposed to a car, it's almost impossible to find a space if I drive to campus in the middle of the day.

And don't worry, insurance is definitely one of the many things I am going to look into.

Originally posted by Rishodi:

Originally posted by XKontour98:

Originally posted by Rishodi:
Apartment to campus = 1 mile
Apartment to summer job = 4 miles

I would get a mountain bike for these trips, parking is probably a lot better. If you are able to swing it that is.

Originally posted by Rishodi:
However, the cost of insuring a motorcycle is usually very little, especially a small cheap one like I would be buying...

Dude if your still going to campus and have a summer job chances are insurance for you on a motorcycle is going to be sky high. Might wanna look into it!

I already walk, ride the bus, or ride my mountain bike most of the time to campus. Parking is better for any bicycle or motorcycle as opposed to a car, it's almost impossible to find a space if I drive to campus in the middle of the day.

And don't worry, insurance is definitely one of the many things I am going to look into.

You definitely want to check on that insurance.

After reading your comment, for [censored] and giggles I went online with my insurance company to get a quote for motorcycle insurance because I had always heard the motorcyle insurance was outrageous.

I used a 2004 Honda 599 for the quote, which I honestly don't know if that's a cheap bike like you're looking at or not, since I know nothing about bikes, but seemed middle of the road in terms of price. I left everything the same as it is for my car including the time of getting a motorcycle license and said I took a motorcycle safety course. Driving record is perfect, married, and 24. And I went with just minimum required full coverage.

The total bill was over $3200/year. That's double what I pay to insure both of my cars put together, and they're insured for six times the coverage.

Basically, I can insure a $20,000 car and a $25,000 car with $300,000 in coverage, for roughly half of the cost of insuring a $7,000 bike with $50,000 coverage. Insurance results of course vary, but I don't think they vary so much as to mike bikes "cheap" to insure based off that quote.

Meh, I've got a '97 Yamaha FZR 600R. Insurance is ~$240/6months for collision and comp. That's with a very close range of driving, and me being 20 with a perfect driving record and the MSF course. There's a HUGE leap in cost from full insurance to minimum though, as you'll find out. Also, the CC's and the type of bike will pretty much determine the cost. A sport cruiser is in a completely different bracket than an all out sport bike. Pretty similar to cars really, so if you want cheap insurance, you can get it. Just have to be careful about the style, CC's, driving range/purpose, and type of insurance on the bike.

I checked full insurance on a new ninja 500 when I was 17 and it was only around $700 a year. I guess a 500 isn't considered a sports bike. And of course some companies may charge much more than others.

Alright then. The conclusion we can draw here is that either a 599 is a VERY expensive bike to insure or you need to stay away from GEICO for your motorcycle insurance.

Originally posted by sigma:
Alright then. The conclusion we can draw here is that either a 599 is a VERY expensive bike to insure or you need to stay away from GEICO for your motorcycle insurance.

On a side note, I tried a Geico quote for home insurance, and they were much higher than my current coverage. I was a little dissappointed to see that.

apt to work= 0.35 miles

the worst was durring the winter when it was 10-20 below zero and my water pump shredded, that little put to work almost froze my hands off every day... what to do about the gas prices. not much to do but [censored].

On my way to work today , what did I see ??? Gas went up ANOTHER 6 cents from yesterday

. Counting up the 16�?¢ jump exactly 2 weeks ago , the 10�?¢ jump last week & the 6�?¢ jump today , that makes a 32 cent increase in 2 weeks

!! AAAARRRRGGGGGGHHH

!!! F'n-A , this is depressing

What the hell company were you getting insurance quotes from?

I used Progressive online to look at a few rates. For one thing, I'm not going to be getting a bike any newer than several years old, and about 500 cc at the most. I figured 250-500 cc would be ideal for gas mileage without severely lacking in power like a 125 would. I actually considered getting a Kawasaki Eliminator 125 since they have a top speed of about 60 (which is all I need) and get about 90 mpg. (Plus the insurance was barely over $100/year). That probably wouldn't be a good idea though, since I don't think it'd do very well with an extra passenger, and if I did get a bike I'd probably be carrying around my girlfriend, little brother, roommate, etc. fairly often. When I said "cheap" bike, I mean CHEAP like $1000 - $1500 for something older than my car but with low mileage (<10k). I've been browsing around, and the values of late 80's/early 90s, small motorcycles like I've been looking at fall right into my price range (using NADA).

Anyway, for a late 80s model Yamaha Virago 250, the quote was less than $150 per year including collision. For a Virago 535, the quote was about $50 more, still under $200 per year. That also included collision. I'm 18 and have had a flawless driving record for the 2 years I've been on the road. Needless to say, if my insurance company (Liberty Mutual) doesn't offer a price similar to that, I'll have to reconsider. I can't get a rate from them online at the moment though, as I'd have to get information about my current policy from my dad, since it's in his name and will stay that way until I'm out of college. Nevertheless, the quotes I got from Progressive matched up to the generalizations I'd been hearing about cheap motorcycle insurance. By comparison, the CSVT is over $100 per month to insure, and that includes collision with a $1000 deductible.

I imagine that the insurance for a Ninja 250 or 500 would be a bit higher, since those are quick sporty bikes. However, that's really not what I'm looking at. I'd rather have a cruiser, as even though it's slower the fuel efficiency will be better, plus the cheaper insurance. That's not to say that the Ninjas aren't nice bikes... if I was going to get a sport bike, I'd definitely get a Ninja because they pack one hell of a bang for the buck.

Originally posted by Rishodi:

I imagine that the insurance for a Ninja 250 or 500 would be a bit higher, since those are quick sporty bikes.

Yes definitely more than what you're looking at, but still very low. Most companies just look at cc and most bikes under 600cc are gonna be pretty cheap to insure.

Im going to keep driving my contour and i dont care how much gas is cause this will be my first summer with my 5.0L stang and I will drive it on the weekends!!!!!!!!!!

Me personaly I sold my truck that got 14 mpg. I'll drive my Contour 25mpg. I've come to the conclution that if you don't work on a farm or work construction you have no need for an urban assult vehical that gets 5mpg. The comments about I'm going to do what I want I can afford it mentality is what Exxon is counting on it's called American greed and fear. Here is a novel idea quit thinking you are the center of the univerce and think about someone else for a change.

Make sure you tires are properly inflated

another good reason why I shouldn't have gotten the Legacy GT over the Legacy 2.5i. The GT requires premium fuel, and only gets 21 mpg, whereas the 2.5i gets 27 for me.

In my GTO it also requires premium i get about 20mpg city driving and 26 on the freeway. What sucks is now it costs $40 to fill er up.

not gonna do anything.

doesn't cost me much .. 30 bucks every fill up and it lasts more then a week, and i drive alot. i get around 34mpg.

I'm planning on fixing up my 1979 honda scooter top speed:35

Warning: No Turkeys Allowed

Fortunately, I have the one on the left. Its super neat!

The guy in that ad has an unusually large head. Cocain on the brain.

Woot I am paying $3.10 a gallon.

I still drive around A LOT and it costs like $30 to fill up everytime. I am putting gas in at least once a week.

Everyone complains about gas prices and me personally, I don't care. Here's my theory:

I am using 10 gallons of gas as a reference (that is about how much I get when I fill up)

Gas goes up $.50 a gallon in the next week. I go fill up it will cost me $5.00 more than last week. In all reality I could piss that $5.00 away easily on lunch or something else during the week. So instead of that.....I bring lunch and save that $5.00. So in theory I "break even."

Originally posted by 98SVTGUY:
In my GTO it also requires premium i get about 20mpg city driving and 26 on the freeway. What sucks is now it costs $40 to fill er up.

Have u had any issues on your goat with the tires rubbing on the struts witht the 17 inch rims? The 18 inch rims don't appear to have this problem. I have a friend with an 04 and he pulled the wheels to rotate them and the tires had rubbed aginst the struts to the point that the belts were showing. There hasn't been a TSB.... yet.

i got one of this in the email i dunno how true it is but here it is...

This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola
executive It came from one of his engineer buddies
who retired from Halliburton. It's worth your
consideration.

Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to
hit close to $ 4.00 a gallon by next summer and it might
go higher!! Want gasoline prices to come down? We
need to take some intelligent, united action.

Phillip Hollsworth offered this good idea. This makes
MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain
day" campaign that was going around last April or May!
The oil companies just laughed at that because they
knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt" ourselves by
refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience
to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever
thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
really work. Please read on and join with us!

By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at
about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is currently
$2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the
oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us
to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at
$1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to
teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..not
sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each
day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we
are going to see the price of gas come down is if we
hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their
gas! And, we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves.
How?

Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop
buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if
we all act together to force a price war.

Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T
purchase ANY gasoline from the two biggest companies
(which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not
selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their
prices. If they reduce their prices, the other
companies will have to follow suit But to have an
impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon
and Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now,
don't wimp out on me at this point...keep reading and
I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of
people!!

I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us
send it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and
those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 =
3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches
the sixth group of people, we will have reached over
THREE MILLION consumers.

If those three million get excited and pass this on to
ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
been contacted! If it goes one level further, you
guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people.
That's all!
(If you don't understand how we can reach 300 million
and all you have to do is send this to 10 people....
Well, let's face it, you just aren't a mathematician.
But I am so trust me on this one.) :-)

How long would all that take? If each of us sends
this e-mail out to ten more people within one day of
receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be
contacted within the next 8 days!!! I'll bet you
didn't think you and I had that much potential, did
you! Acting together we can make a difference.

If this makes sense to you, please pass this message
on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL UNTIL
THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP
THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK.

Originally posted by contourfreak22:
i got one of this in the email i dunno how true it is but here it is...

It isn't true http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/gasout.asp

im gonna go marry a middle eastern chick whose dad is an oil tycoon

I can pull it off to prolly

im getting the motorcycle itch... but gas is on the bottom of the reason list.

Ive started driving the contour more over the escape, its better on gas and more fun. Just need to be more careful where i park~

Originally posted by contourfreak22:
i got one of this in the email i dunno how true it is but here it is...

Not true and absolutely retarded.

I'm getting a lupo TDI. 70mpg here I come!

Seriously though, once I get the Outback, I should be saving about $700 a year, based on current gas prices and driving 18,000/yr (what I drove last year).

Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
im gonna go marry a middle eastern chick whose dad is an oil tycoon I can pull it off to prolly

Man, some of those Kuwaiti girls...

Originally posted by Big Daddy Kane:

Originally posted by Goonz SVT:
im gonna go marry a middle eastern chick whose dad is an oil tycoon I can pull it off to prolly

Man, some of those Kuwaiti girls...

exactly!

What am I doing about increasing gas prices? Investing in Exxon/Mobil of course!

Originally posted by YaaaarrroTour:
What am I doing about increasing gas prices? Investing in Exxon/Mobil of course!

That ain't half bad! I might try that.