Gas+poor college student=hell
Apr 13, 2007 | 09:09 AM
#41
Originally Posted by creekboi03
lol i may need to get in the corsica club! I may start looking for one. Does anyone know off the top of their hear some good beaters that get in the 28 +mpg range?
I am on my 2nd Plymouth Acclaim beater. I buy them for $1500 and run them for 60,000+ miles and sell them for $500, or donate them.
If you buy the ones with the 3.0L, they are very snappy cars and get 25-30MPG. My current one has A/C, PW, PDL, cruise etc. and it cost me $1600. It had 65K on the clock and now has 93K. All I did was front breaks, oil changes, filters. WORTH EVERY PENNY! I am even looking for my next one...
I am a big guy (6'1", 290) and have room to spare in them. 4 doors and a trunk come in handy as well. I think we can all agree that it isn't desireable to be seen in a car like this but when you drive 700 miles a week and have a cool low mile truck because of it,...it all seems worth it.
Last edited by krambo; Apr 13, 2007 at 09:15 AM.
Apr 13, 2007 | 04:13 PM
#44
i average about 780 a month for gas..average fill up 66 bucks 3 times a week..people always bitch about it. but yet you go to a concert and waste 5 - 6 bucks for that beer you need right.or how about that 3 dollar hambuger.. im sure you can take your lunch or budget your money better.blah blah blah..i mean really if you cant afford it trade down to a tuna can car or something..hyundai`s go for 6000 grand and get 40 miles to the gallon there you go..
May 23, 2007 | 02:46 AM
#45
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My tr224+TT3000= 14mpg/17mpg on roadtrips. If I would have known premium would be gettin close to $4 a gallon I would have modded more conservatively. I would like to go back to stock MPG but doin a cam swap and dropping the tranny is alot of work.... oh well cha ching cha ching
May 23, 2007 | 01:42 PM
#46
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From: From Houma La. Living n Ellisville Miss.
gas here is little over 3.00 but if you put muffler and efans and some other cheap modds but do not change gears are veter you will pick up gas mileage headers stuff like that and leave the tune are get and 87 octane tune
May 23, 2007 | 04:03 PM
#47
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From: Ft. Gibson/Oktaha, Oklahoma
Gas is now $3.29 on average here in Oklahoma......Not great, but it could be much worse. I drive 20 miles to work then 20 home, not counting errands I've gotta' run. On average I run about $300 on gas a month, give or take a little. I'm fixin' to move out of the house so I can move to another college.....so, it's either drive 55 miles MWF or move closer and pay rent. I'm not crazy about either one, but since I opted for the move out I'm sellin' my truck cuz I don't want two sets of payments. So after I sell my 04 I'm gonna' insure my 85 and drive it when I have to and ride with my buddy to and from school.......BTW....Anybody need to buy a truck? LOL 
May 23, 2007 | 04:18 PM
#48
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Originally Posted by creekboi03
Man gas is really killing me. I get about 350 miles to the tank and i have to fill up 2 times a week. With gas $2.66 it takes me around $55 bucks per tank. Thats $110 per week and $ 440 per month!!! Sheez this is like a added bill. I remember when i was smaller $5 dollars worth could get you far, $5 bucks wouldnt even last me a day now! How is everyone else holding up?
May 23, 2007 | 04:37 PM
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55-75 bucks is nothing for gas, it costs me about 100 bucks to fill my tank from about an 1/8 of a tank, plus we export most of the oil in alberta to the states yet we pay more for our own gas like WTF!?!
