who is not driving their cars as much because of gas prices?

I only took my 55 out 2 times this year,i cant spend $75. in gas to get to a cruse night and back,so it sits and I drive my 30 mpg efi cobra replica instead..its a shame.
I keep getting told to take out the blown 468 for a new ls vette motor so I can drive it ! great idea..not.
Is anyone else parking their thirsty big motor cars? if not what do you do besides work a extra 20 hours?

 

Oh darn, you have to drive a Cobra... Jk. I know what you mean though, gas ****s right now. It's sad that I was relieved to see gas hit $3.49 recently...

 

Mine are parked more because I have no time lately than because of gas prices...

 

not me, its the only car i have to drive right now, but i don't have a big motor.

how do you get 30mpg in the cobra?

 

Not sure what fuel your running in the 55, but one thing you might consider is converting to E-85. Son has an 03 Cobra that's well north of 600 hp and it loves the stuff. around 17 mpg on the highway. I'm going to convert my Pro-Charged coupe to the stuff this fall.

 

gas is 3.85 here on cape cod and i drove my truck twice to work this week! U still have to get there somehow wether it's in my tundra or in the 32! THE 32 IS MUCH more fun to drive just tilt out the windshield and screw the ac. lol

 

20 cents more every 15 miles(I get approx 15 MPG) isn't going to break me...for a 300 mile trip thats only an additional $4.00

 

E85 is a bunch of hub bub, sure its like 107 octane but you use more per mile than gas. I say go with a smaller v8. Throw a turbo on it and you have HP available.

 

Gas no problem / Rain another story. What is with this weather?

 

sell the pig and build yourself a traditional hot rod

 

Drink beer? Smoke cancer sticks? OK! Cruise that ride.

 

I didn't get my "40" for the gas mileage I got it to cruise, if I was worried about the price of gas I would have got a VW.....

 

I'm making $100 a week, and daily driving my straight-8 Pontiac. So I'm not really driving much anywhere.

Around here, the price savings on E-85 are not as big as the fuel mileage drop from the lower BTUs.

 

Gas price wont stop me from enjoying what I love,,I get about 15 miles per gallon,,,I have a lot of time and money wrapped up in my old cars and I would rather drive them than look at them. HRP

 

Yep, I have parked and non-op'd my car that has the ole 455 in it. 6 MPG on supreme was killing me. And I was also told I should swap it out for an LSx motor and trans..... More power sure, better mpg sure, but costly and just doesn't sound the same....

 

We're all thinkin it...

 

300 miles a month at 8mpg with a gas price that's a dollar more than normal makes it an extra $37.50 a month
get a paper route?

 

Hell no!! I'm not a car guy because I worry about gas mileage!! Pay up or drive a Prius like every other limp wristed **** pirate!!

 

Don't be a *****. I drive mine every single day and mine makes more power than yours. You are driving a 50 thousand dollar hot rod and *****ing about gas prices.


And, if your buddys are telling you to dump your blown big block for a late model LS motor, then you need new friends.


-Abone.

 

And to tell the true wouldn't one of those LS whatever motors just look great in a coupe with no hood WTF they are just "ugly" give me carbs anyday!! lol

 

He-he Abone hit it! I gots a 283 in my roadster & I'll ride anywhere. Got nothing to prove with a big shiney motor, I just like driving mine!!

 

The heat and gas prices have kept me parked more than I like. I have to run premium so it hurts to fill up this year. I have noticed that the attendance is down at alot of events.

 

Back in the mid 1980s when Vans were big, I worked with a guy from New Hampshire named Francior LeVesque ( Frenchie ) . Frenchie bought a new Chevy van with a 350 4BBL. After he had it for a while I asked Frenchie what he got for gas milage. He looked at me with a blank stare and questioned , "gas milage ?" . I said yes, you know, miles per gallon. Frenchie said , " I don't know , I just put the gas in it and go like hell".

So that's what I do.....put the gas in it and go like hell !!

 

At 1.40 a liter for prem up here it sure ****s getting around the 5 to 7 miles to the gallon so i just leaned it out a bit work extra shifts and push the car to the starting line all and all its working out fine going to hop in it now and head over to the cruise nite at the burger shack..just wont be standing on it in this tune and wont be supersizin my water cause thats about all the money i will have left in my pocket

 

I got no gas gauge just top off the keg whenever i head out it holds 15.5 gal and says schlitz on the side the 262 does not chew up to much fuel!

 

But if you have multiple cars to choose from, it does make you less willing to drive the obscenely thirsty ones..... I sure get what he is saying....

 

That's what I was getting at.

They do make carb manifolds for LS engines.

 

I'm driving my stuff MORE...roads are emptier due to fuel prices. Flying less though - also due to fuel prices.

 

383 sbc 7 miles to a gal. i dont care how much gas it uses. i want to go fast, burn tires,and look cool.id rather give up eating.

 

hotels and other **** bother me more than gas prices. I go anyway...