Gas prices and the RX8
 

I’ve been reading some analyst projections of $200/barrel of oil in the next few years equating to $6-$8/gallon of gas. Is there a point at which you would consider selling your 8 due to fuel costs?

I drive about 16,500 miles per year and get around 18mpg. So at 3.50/gal its not terrible at around $3,206/yr we get to $6, $5,496/yr is another $190/month in gas. I'm thinking it might be time to start looking at something fun but a bit more frugal.

Hopefully the analysts are wrong and it will level off or pull back a bit, I was thinking of a V-8 next time.... Camaro, S5, etc.

my question is, how high will the gas prices go before the government says enough? we will reach 4.00/gallon before summer, and i'm only 18, and will be enrolling in college so i will be spending too much on gas. and i already spend too much as it is!! but to answer your question, no i am still gonna keep my 8 because i love it too much.

No, I would not consider selling. If it seems liek it will get that bad I will start saving up for a while and find a beater that gets good gas mileage as use that as a DD.

Plus, you have to look at how much would it really save you with buying a new car...having car payments and buying gas for a more fuel efficient car or just buying gas for a less fuel efficient car.

^I'm in college now, and its fine. I dont really drive while I'm out here.

well the thing is, i'll be commuting because my parents don't realize the points i'm trying to make bout living on campus. so i'll be driving 30-45 minutes everyday that i have class! :rant: my mom never went to college and she thinks she knows everything!!!!

lol just syphon her gas every morning if she insists you live at home.

on topic -- I REALLY look forward to making my rx8 a weekend/garaged car within the next few years. It really is a difficult car to use for daily driving... plus driving a focus / escape / protege will just make backing a superclean 8 out of the garage that much sweeter on the weekends :)

By next year gas prices will be over 5 dollars a gallon

Honestly... its one of the main reasons I'm selling mine.

And yes, I love my Civic Si Sedan. Yes I know its FWD. Yes I know it's a Civic. Still love it. Love the 8 too but sometimes you got to prioritize.

well sorry that your selling it. :( it's gonna be up to the next pres to do some butt kickin when it comes to oil. we're gonna have to stiffarm the environmentalists and drill in alaska and the gulf

I had an 03 mazdaspeed protege w/ some mods... pulled really hard (probably around 200 whp or so), looked sharp and got 30-32 mpg freeway...

I may pick up another one in a few years, maybe not the bright orange color this time :)

Gas for Food
 

I'd rather give up junk food than my 05' Shinka. I can live with bread and water only if I have too.....:eyetwitch

Its already 4.09 per gallon in NYC (Premium) , you can still find some places for 3.99 (Premium). but its getting hard.

Meh, my 8 is in the body shop now to fix something up (thx to NYC's fuxking roads), and Im driving a FIT ATM. hah !

For gas prices, you might wanna ask Bush why, look back when his father was president, gas price went up + war. why ?

Get use to it . It ain't getting any better .

Over $ 4 here ....................

Do like the Chinese people...ride a bicicle to work...apart from saving money you'll get in shape and loose that food blister around your waist.

Is OPEC run by environmentalists? Or is it just the traders who are environmentalists?

We're already drilling in Alaska and the Gulf.

Ken

being that the government is partially controlled by the oil companies...or, oil companies are major contributors to elected officials...there's little chance of bills getting passed that can substantially cap gas prices for consumers. so what needs to happen is for mazda to drastically improve mpg in the upcoming 16x...

The shitty milage + my '04 falling apart at the seams pretty much forced me to trade mine in this week. I love this car, but just about everything except my compression has gone to shit on it :(

Got a Mini Cooper S though, which is like driving a go-kart that burns rocket fuel. The 32mpg is just a bonus :lol:

Mini S is a nice replacement to the 8. Enjoy.

I've considered selling my 8 because I know gas prices are just going to go up. However, it doesn't look like a car payment plus gas is a good option. I think I'll just keep it. I was thinking of getting a motorcycle, so yeah maybe sometime this year I can make the purchase. Gas prices suck. 4.22 here.

We (italy) pay gas way more than you do so hanging around on this car is fairly expensive.
We pay 95octane around 1,4€\litre and 100ctane more than 1,5€\lt plus possession taxes (based on KW, around 550€\year).
when thinking about gas prices think of us :p

93 octane by me is around $3.60

93 octane here goes for 93.7 cents/liter

There's definitely a point where the 8 would have to be retired. It won't be this year at 4.xx per gallon, but at $6-8 that's a different story. Hopefully that will only mean it becomes a weekend warrior with something better on gas as a DD. Perhaps when I move I can live closer to work and ride a bike. Or perhaps buy a scooter. :lol2:

I take mass transit to work and only drive on weekends, so for me gas prices aren't really an issue.

But... if I had to drive to work every day, I'd certainly consider a more frugal car, like a Miata, a Mini or even a Fit. I'd actually like to see gas prices go much higher. Way less SUVs would make driving safer - and a lot more pleasant. And people would buy smaller cars that use less gas. F*ck OPEC.

I look at this way... I'm loving my Civic Si. Its a great car in general and if I ever want to get a weekend warrior... maybe an rx-8... maybe not... I'll just get another one later. But driving the Rx-8 everyday is just too much for me man.

I normally got 200 mi in my rx-8. Its what a 13.2 gallon tank?

I get around 300 in my Si now. And it has an 11.5 gallon tank. Its a huge difference. Factor in my car note dropping 100 bucks a month and I'm happier. Plus it ALMOST revs to 9k! lol But its not too much slower than the 8 though. Very light practical car.

Not hatin' on the rest of you all though. Just saying.

i don't think we are. regardless we haven't built a refinery in 35 years!!! i'm talkin about the tree huggers that won't allow us to drill in Ahrmwar, or however you spell it, in Alaska. where there's enough oil to last us 300 years, but they won't let us because of an endangered animal, but the thing is, it's natural for species to go extinct.