these gas priceses are killing me. what do you guys think about them. and what do you think will happen to the hobby of camaro and old car restoration. and do you think we will have to modify our engines to run on other fuel sources???? cause i get freaken worried about these things...

 

Gas prices do suck, but thankfully I have an 87 sprint for a daily that gets 40-45 mpg, so it hurts less lol. Car restoration will allways be around, but seeing the cars driven around more often probably wont. I know I don't plan to drive my Camaro around a ton when it gets running. As far as modifying them to run on other fuel, it's quite possible we may have to do that. I think vegetable oil will be the way I go, at least the motor stays mostly intact like that. I just can't imagine lifting the hood and seeing an electric motor in a muscle car haha

 

all this will end up doing (which had actually started a few years ago) is hurt certain people in the hobby.

there were certain people that could barely afford their cars to start with because they had to finance them. after the gas prices went up, they ended up selling their cars for a lot less than they were worth because they couldn't afford to do both (pay gas and loan), so if the car just sat there they couldn't justify paying for something they weren't going to use.

it also hurts young kids that are trying to start out in the hobby.

myself, along with others, own our cars outright and if we don't feel like driving them, we don't have to because they aren't costing us anything. last summer my '69 sat in the garage all year and I just drove my GTO instead. this year I will have them both on the road and I am just making them less of fuel hogs.

the gas prices are making me put an OD tranny in the Camaro, and I'm glad for that. I figure by the end of the season I will have re-paid for half of the tranny with just my gas savings, all while amking it more fun to take on longer trips

 

im just getting a kickoff in restorin cars..like i did my camaro and i should be gettign a 72' nova soon...and gas is kickin my ***. only makin 300 bucks a month doesnt help..but scince my pay only goes twards the cars i get by pretty good..just cant drive the car much durung the week....and burn it all on the weekends..but its all good still..also its just makin me think alittle more when buildin this nova like transmissiona and rear wise...but screw that idc if im livin in the car to pay for gas im gonna drive them and have fun in em

 

My Yukon gets 12mpg and costs $80 to fill up...


That's all I have to say on this matter.

 

Ha...gas...I am a project manager for a large construction company. My '07 F-250 superduty gets probally a great 10-12 mpg. Costs on avg $90 when I hit the pump at $3.25 where I live. I generally fill it 2-3 times per week. Thanks alot of money! Good thing I have a company gas card!

 

o yea at $3.09 here..my car gets about 10-15 bucks at a shot cuz that all i can afford at a atime lol....my car has only seen a full tank once(christmas gift lol)

 

i put about 10-20 dollars in at a time, to try to limit my driving and my heavy foot. the mostgas i've ever puttin in isabout 15 gallons.

 

put in 20 bucks yesterday its pretty much all gone my car gets 18 mpg if i keep my foot out of the carb heh hard to do! I get paid enough to pay my gas but pretty much nothing else. It sucks haha. Will a OD tranny really help that much?

 

why, do you like always pumping gas? you probably spend a decent amount that way, just going back and forth to the gas station. by doing it that way, you are also more suseptible to daily price changes. also if you filled your tank with more than 4-6 gallons at a time, you could get by on the days that gas is higher until it goes back down at different times of the week