I'm really tired of....
 

Gas costing $3.35-$3.50 a gallon for 91 octane. I'm seriously considering ditching the mach because I'm tired of filling up every two days. It's not that I can't aford the gas, that isn't the issue, but I'm to the point where I'm almost not willing to pay it. The car is fun to drive, but not sure it's $3.50 a gallon fun. Also gas prices usually go up during the summer right?....so would I be looking at $4.00 a gallon....probably.

I'm done ranting....anyone else have the same feeling?

Well, if you want to drive, you'll have to pay whatever it costs. That's why I get a little ill everytime someone complains about gas prices. If you want to drive your car which runs on GAS, you will pay whatever the going price is, bottom line. Nothing you can do about it. It sucks that you live in CA, but the prices are that high because demand is greater for it. It's like ~$2.70 here for 93. I was just up in Jersey and it was about the same.

You already stated the solution. If you don't want to pay the cost, don't drive. Otherwise, deal with it like the rest of it. I want to drive my stang so I will pay whatever the price is.

Scott

I understand your point and your right about having to pay if you drive, but I guess the debate I'm having with myself is do I need to have a car that HAS to run on 91+ octane and do I NEED to drive a car that requires me to fill up so much. So yes, I know I'll have to pay, but should I have a car that I can get 340 miles a tank of gas versus the 240 per tank I get now.

You can't get rid of the Mach. Find yourself a crappy little beater car. You can find an integra or civic for a couple grand and it will get you to work and back. Gas does suck right now. It's gone up just about a $1 in a month. My gas mileage sucks right now in city driving. I think I need spark plugs for one thing, but you know you will regret and miss your car if you get rid of it. Hell get a motorcycle.

Fight the temptation. My friend got rid of his 97 TT Supra and is driving around in a Mazda Millenia and hates it. Don't be that guy.

i dont even bother looking at the gas prices. but i would suggest getting a beater car. its the greatest thing ever. i love my mustang, but i love my sable even more when it comes to gas prices. my mustang and sable get roughly about the same mileage (sable has 150000 miles so bare with me) but the sable only needs 87. i try to drive my mustang less but it seems like the weather is getting the best of me. lol

get you a beater....problem solved...:confused:..

If you have a mustang, you should not be able to complain about gas prices or mileage.

Either ditch the mach and buy a civic or get a beater.

Thats why i got....

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30mpg, 100k miles, $1,000

I need a jack-mobile!

If I actaully had to commute farther I would look into a beater car. But since my drive to work now is 6 miles roundtrip, that aint bad. I will however be travelling 40 miles or so roundtrip in the next few months. I might try and take my cousins car since she is useless and doesnt have a job to pay for the car.

Keep the Mach, get a jack-mobile!

Totally man. I spend 1,000 on this bad boy. and a little minor maintenance

Anyways, i can fill her from bone dry to full with about 20 bucks and that gets me around 300 miles. I average somewhere around 31-33mpg.

She runs great, she looks like shit, but runs great. I did have to do some maintenance on her, replaced clutch, clutch cable, and entire exhaust (have new cat conv at home i need to swap on) and rebuilt the carburator.

the transmission is a little tired, but i can get a rebuilt one for about 500 bucks after core swap. The engine is strong though, ill get at least another 100k miles out of her.

She is ugly, but she keeps the miles off the stang, keeps me on the road in the winter, and she is dirt cheap to fix and repair.

i think im gonna tint her windows though, right now i feel like im driving a fish bowl.

seriously man, DO NOT GET RID OF THE MACH. Go buy yerself a little beater like the honda, great on gas, paid in cash, cheap to fix and maintain, and best of all, you get to keep yer mach and she will staw nicer longer.

hit up craigslist, shit like this is all over there

I'm not sure if my lady would even let me get rid of the mach. She doesn't really like riding in it, but she loves the car...weird. A while back I tried to find a 1992 Turbo MR2, but I had to stop myself cause I know I'd want to mod it. ha ha

you would still probably get decent mileage out of a modded mr2. Theres tons of cars on craigslist like jack said. You can find some really decent stuff for like $1500-3000.

lol.... my girl is the same way, i was thinking of getting rid of the stang to reduce my financial burdon seeing as how i have a kid on the way. She got all mad that i was thinking of selling it, funny seeing as how she hates fords.

girls are wierd like that

yeah my woman doesn't care either way as long as I'm not spending money that comes out of the "fund", if you know what I mean.

I let my lady drive it the other day and she would shift around 3,000rpms each time....so half way home she says "You know, you've spent a lot of money on this car and it isn't even fast". ha ha ha ha.....I said shut up, you drive like a granny.

Thats funny. My gf does that too. Shifts at like 3000rpm and she has a civic that goes up to 7. Whenever I drive I'll kick in the vtec and everything and she complains, your gonna ruin the car. Marvin (yes she named the car Marvin) isn't suppose to do that. ha ha ha

Marvin...that's pretty funny.

Yeah its not quite as gay as what she named my last car. Sally, how gay is that? Once I got the stang though, she couldnt come up with a name. It was just known as The Beast.

Marvin is better than Sally. ha ha. I'm just laughing cause Marvin is an odd name to come up with for a car.

yes it is. I have no idea where that one came from.

ROFL @ Marvin. http://modularpowerhouse.com/forums/...llinglaugh.gif

holy bitch and moan...you bought the mustang...lol if i had a mach i wouldnt care if it was 5$ a gallon...i would still pay it because i love driving it

and damn...you fill up every 2 days? i drive to and from school, and to and from golf practice everyday and i fill up around every week and a half...and when golf is not in session i would fill up around every other week.

lol... Jj gots himself 120 mile per day commute i guess....

ha ha ha....it's actually about a 50 mile commute with trips in between, but it's not a constant 65 mph commute, it's a 5 mph then stop...5 mph then stop. That kills the gas guage!

I think my mach is a blast, but it's not a $5 a gallon blast, and maybe not even a $4 a gallon blast.

Anyway, I'm done bitching about it. Thanks for listening

so after bitching about the cost of gas per gallon, what did I do? ha ha ha....went and put a few gallons of 100 octane at $6.50 a gallon in the car. ha ha ha.....Yeah, I know it probably won't do anything for the car, but it does seem to run a tiny bit smoother. not something I'm going to do often, but what the hell!

God damn man! I was actually surprised that gas was cheaper going down I-5 this past weekend then is is in Pleasanton. Went down to socali and was surprised gas was a good 10 cents cheaper. Man, I miss the socal women. I forgot how hot the women are down there. Makes me kinda miss living down there.

Like others have said...you bought a hiperformance vehicle which costs money to maintain and support. Go buy a daily driver; I bought a 2003 SVT focus and love it!! Very nice ride with the heated leather recaro racing seats, audiophile sound system, moon roof, etc. I avg between 28-33mpg depending on traffic in the ATL. my gas costs dropped a ton from 500/month with the cobra down to 125-130 a month with the focus. Not to mention my insurnance dropped from $1600/year down to $450 (went with a collector car insurance company; value stated policy and covers all mods, etc) but only get to drive it 3000 miles a year.

Ah yes, I think Miami might be the only place in the US that can compare to SoCal chicks, but I go down to L.A. a couple of times a year for USC games and holy crap is it amazing!

We get totally screwed by the cost of gas in the Bay.

I usually go down every couple months and I have to tell ya, it never gets old. I think they are bred in some hidden factories.haha