What if gas hits $5, $6 or $10 a Gallon?

Are you still going to buy that big V8 and roar around town?

My SS has been accumulating dust in the garage lately. Unloading $50 to drive around on a Sunday afternoon is becoming a little unrealistic anymore.

SUV's have nose-dived into an empty pool in auto sales. It's gonna be tough to believe that more than 10-20% of Camaros are going to be SS or Z28s when the 5th gen comes out.

Are you going to really consider one if gas is $5 or more? I'm leaning more towards a Volt.

Already paying $5.00 a gallon. Gas is 1.379 a litre here and the Canadian dollar is on par with the USD. Multiply that by 3.78, given that one gallon contains 3.78 litres and I'm paying 5.21 a gallon. It doesn't stop me from driving my Camaro, given that it is the only vehicle I own. If my new Camaro is the only vehicle I own, I won't have a choice but to pay with it too.

Up to $4.34 today ($over $63.00 fill) and it got me thinking. $5/gallon I can handle, but if it reaches $10 we're all in a world of hurt no matter what we drive.

I've already used the price of gas to justify spending more.
I put an LS1 in my 3rdgen. Should I drive it to work everyday the difference in money spent from old mpg vs new would break even in only 312 days.

So I will be driving my camaro MORE not less now that gas went up.

Nope, doesn`t matter to much to me. Hits 20 bucks a gallon, I may cut back driving a little...lol...I have a company car w/ free gas as long as I use it. The camaro will be for pleasure driving only. If it was a daily driver, maybe at 10 bucks a gallon I would consider the V6.

Are you going to really consider one if gas is $5 or more?

No doubt about it. Gas prices will have no say in the matter. :)

If its 15mpg city as I think its going to be. I can pay up to 6.00 a gallon. I will be using this as a daily driver, its a good thing my job is 10min away.

If gas reach $10 a gallon. I be looking for a horse and carriage.

If gas reaches $10 per gallon relatively soon we'll have more to worry about ecomomicly than V6 or V8 Camaros. We'll be in dire straights as we've got no plan B alternative in a viable state to back up a severe expense in current energy options.

IF that happens we'd probably need to annex Iraq as the 51st state and open up the pumps for relief. The industrialized world would probably not even say a word as many of the places with energy needs and means would attack those with the raw energy and little means.

V8 no matter what....it'll probably get better mpg than my DD Trailblazer anyway.

If gas gets that high this country will be in such economic trouble that people won't be buying cars and most of the ones that do will hit up the 4 cylinder market or sport bikes.

People are too scared and politically correct today. What we need is a few good riots or demonstrations to make this moronic government, who keeps vetoing bills to drill and use more oil from the US, take action NOW against this highway robbery and stop buying oil from enemies. Some people can't afford it at these prices.

V8 no matter what....it'll probably get better mpg than my DD Trailblazer anyway.

In the same boat, any car V8 will get better gas mileage than my 4.7L Ram(17MPG). Ive done the math and as soon as gas hits $6.00/gal I can financially justify getting a sport bike for my commute, and then the extra cash goes to gas for the camaro.

If gas hits $10 per gallon, just think about how cheap you could get a SS or Z28 Camaro! LOL Nobody will want to buy them, so they will be giving them away, for less than a V6! lol I'm already seeing gas prices affecting the V8 market... which is nice if you want a V8. Picked up my truck for half what the guy was asking cuz he had been trying to sell it for so long. And gas mileage to me is nothing because I work at a refinery, which means I get free gas, as much as I want! LOL JK JK Its funny tellin people that though or tellin them we shut down a unit just to increase gas prices and profits. LOL Funny how people believe that sh*t though. :rolleyes:

In the same boat, any car V8 will get better gas mileage than my 4.7L Ram(17MPG). Ive done the math and as soon as gas hits $6.00/gal I can financially justify getting a sport bike for my commute, and then the extra cash goes to gas for the camaro.

boy i think some people are being overly optimistic about buying one. but hey people blow a lot of smoke. on another forum a member took a poll to see how how many people would buy a custom part. 300 said they would buy it so he went through with it and when it came time to make the orders he was luck if 50 of the 300 step up to buy a lot of people bought 2 or 3 to make it happen.



i know for me its really dependent on the car and the gas millage of the v6 and im sure a lot of consumers will feel the same way. im sure this will put a hurting on motor choices with gm as well as they canceled the big rwd sedans. im thinking the choices will be a v6 maybe a 5.3 or something simmilar to that and ls3. im fairly confident there will be no s/c engine like in the vett.

I'd still drive a V8 Camaro. Why? Because it probably gets better mileage than a Chevy 2500HD plow truck or my piece of junk 1994 Explorer.

this is why I own a bike.... I live in CT and drive though Long Island every day for work and 98octane here and there is as high as $4.89 a gal
some places are offsetting the cost of reg by boosting mid and high cost me $40 for just a half tank but on my bike it's a four gal tank and I get 160miles per tank. drive 20miles a day back and forth to work, and ride with my friends on saturdays. feel free to do the math, but I just got my bird and the cost of gas will never affect me driving my DD


manly because road trips are usually taken in the girls car who has daddy's company gas card..... hehehehe

this is why I own a bike.... I live in CT and drive though Long Island every day for work and 98octane here and there is as high as $4.89 a gal

You have 98 octane at standard gas stations in CT?

If gas hits $5-$6 a gallon I'll be buying electricity not gas. Too bad no one has made a viable electric car yet.

You have 98 octane at standard gas stations in CT?

no 93 or 94

boy i think some people are being overly optimistic about buying one. but hey people blow a lot of smoke. on another forum a member took a poll to see how how many people would buy a custom part. 300 said they would buy it so he went through with it and when it came time to make the orders he was luck if 50 of the 300 step up to buy a lot of people bought 2 or 3 to make it happen.



i know for me its really dependent on the car and the gas millage of the v6 and im sure a lot of consumers will feel the same way. im sure this will put a hurting on motor choices with gm as well as they canceled the big rwd sedans. im thinking the choices will be a v6 maybe a 5.3 or something simmilar to that and ls3. im fairly confident there will be no s/c engine like in the vett.



I agree completely on the talk is cheap point. I try to be careful and honest about what I say. For instance I drive a Honda but after thinking it over again and again Id likely be considering a used SS LS3 in about a year when the markups are gone. I most likely wont be getting a V6 personally and definately a 4cyl is out of the question. Heres why, Ive always wanted the Camaro V8 power and after 2 base Camaros I probaly wont go V6 even as good as the reviews have been. Then again, a 350Z V6 minded Camaro might change my mind. 4cyl for me is a no go supercharged or not. A 4cyl is teetering on economy car, and there are other cars that will do that much better. At the same time I dont want to say, oh yeah finally got my dream car, its the 4cyl over there. I completely understand people considering one espcially with what something like an EVO can do. I cant personally stomach it... now. But who knows... opinons can change.

I dont think there will be more than one V8. I think there will be different and super charged versions though... We will see.

no 93 or 94

I was about to say that would be a racers delight.

I'm not buying this car for DD'ing, so unless gas gets to $10 a gallon, it won't stop me. My '02 has not had 3K miles put on it for the last almost two years now, so a $60 tank of gas every three months isn't going to effect me much. I don't WANT to pay that much, don't misunderstand me, I'll just look toward a more fuel efficient car for the wifey.

I'm not buying this car for DD'ing, so unless gas gets to $10 a gallon, it won't stop me. My '02 has not had 3K miles put on it for the last almost two years now, so a $60 tank of gas every three months isn't going to effect me much. I don't WANT to pay that much, don't misunderstand me, I'll just look toward a more fuel efficient car for the wifey.

i kind of think on the same lines. to me you buy a car for its purpose. to me a camaro or corvette is a toy. i dont drive my camaro or vett much i think i have put less miles then you on my camaro. on the other hand i dont want to spend 30k for it to sit in the drive way and i would imagine if prices are high these cars will have horrible resales because only the die hards will want them.

at $3.00 I'd drop down to the 304HP Direct Injection 3.6L V6
at $5.00 I'll drop down the the 260HP Turbo Direct Injection 2.0L

at $10.00 I'd probably buy a Chevy Beat or Honda's new sub $20K hybrid.

My daily driver is a 4 cyl econobox, I average over 33 mpg. If gas doesn not get over 5 bucks a gallon I will be ok. Over that the SS will not be coming out every weekend

People are too scared and politically correct today. What we need is a few good riots or demonstrations to make this moronic government, who keeps vetoing bills to drill and use more oil from the US, take action NOW against this highway robbery and stop buying oil from enemies. Some people can't afford it at these prices.
The US could pump every thing we've got left and it would only affect gas prices by a small amount, sorry. It would maybe last us about 5 years, which might buy us some time to switch to electric cars.

I mean $10 gallon, almost unthinkable. The auto industry would grind to a standstill until they put hybrid or e-flex drivetrains into everything. A few low-production weekender cars might survive, but that's it.

The US could pump every thing we've got left and it would only affect gas prices by a small amount, sorry. It would maybe last us about 5 years, which might buy us some time to switch to electric cars.



What?
And prices are dictated by supply and demand, right? Well in the case of gas now, its dictated by speculators. There isn't a shortage at all of gas right now. Only thing that will cause a shortage of gas is the expensive crude oil with little margins, so oil companies that dont own any oil drillers (vallero for ex.) dont buy as much crude because they cant afford it. Only oil companies makin money are the ones that have all three sections, drilling, refining and retail. And each of those are treated as seperate entities, which means, drilling sells to refining and refining sells to retail, they all make profit so its not like the refineries get it damn near free or anything, but they do get it cheaper than if they weren't apart of that big oil company... hope that made a little sense. lol Its late/early. Basically you'll probably be seeing higher gas prices due to speculators and you'll probably see more shell and chevrons taking over smaller gas stations or valleros...

It was just like 4.87/gal here where I filled up and I got about 15.5 gals for $75...but I did average like 23mpg that tank :) . This is all bunk, I am getting out of the Navy in a few months and am applying to some local police departments where my wifey and I are, one is like 4 miles away and the other is like 7-8 miles, the last and farthest is 24 miles away. If I get a job with the single digit distance ones, I will have no worries about gas prices. If I get in with the department 4 miles away, I'm riding my bike: the most efficient mode of transportation in the world :D . Remember, Europe is already paying like $7.50/gal for premium and that was when I checked about 2 months ago :eek:

Up to $4.34 today ($over $63.00 fill) and it got me thinking. $5/gallon I can handle, but if it reaches $10 we're all in a world of hurt no matter what we drive.

just imagine what the fellas who drive theire lambos and ferrari's feel with theire engines getting 13/15 miles per gallon and over in europe they already pay ~ $10/g

I think we've reached our gas peak. If not, maybe like 5 dollars a gallon is possible, but until the U.S dollar strengthens, we'll see the price of gas climb. Regardless, the V6 Camaro will be a good thing for me

just imagine what the fellas who drive theire lambos and ferrari's feel with theire engines getting 13/15 miles per gallon and over in europe they already pay ~ $10/g

Those people are less worried me thinks :cool:

just imagine what the fellas who drive theire lambos and ferrari's feel with theire engines getting 13/15 miles per gallon and over in europe they already pay ~ $10/g

ya, poor saps in their ferrari's and lambo's. gas prices over there must be KILLING their budgets. :rolleyes:

What about those guys that daily drive cars on race gas, who are already paying 9.90$ a gallon.

I know a few of them, actually.

hell yes i still want the big v8. and damn right im gonna roar around town. ive been waiting 3 years for this car. ill sit it in the garage when i die. until then im driving it!

+1 :metal::burnout:

I probably won't be able to afford one until its been out atleast five years, I'll let gas prices then decide which model to get. I wouldn't feel bad about getting a v6, though.

I would still get a V8 with $5.00 a gal. Maybe at $8 I will have to think about it hard.... but I still would not buy a V6. I think I would just buy a used cobra or something...

Iran refuses to stop its nuclear ambitions and could have enough material for a bomb by early-mid 2009 and is trying to acquire the S-300 SAM's from Russia. Israel stated in the Jerusalem Post that Iran can not acquire this system and must be stopped at all costs, and the recent exercises show they mean business. What this leaves is a narrow window for diplomacy with EU sanctions making things worse. Forget $5 a gallon gas, $6+ could be a real possibility if things are not diffused soon and G.M. right down the toilet with it.

If we start talking $10/gal, I'll get one of those bicycle cart/cab thingies and pay a hooker to haul me around town - it will be cheaper than gas.

I want the new Camaro to be a monster, but I'm not really too worried about gas. If you are really worried you probably won't buy either. And look at the 4th gens,, I still say that moderatly driven (not possible) the v8s got better mileage than the v6 cars. T56 for me.

Hell just cruising my 95 still gets better hiway mileage than my 05 GT or 03 Silverado.

Oil crossed $145 today.

Already paying $5.00 a gallon. Gas is 1.379 a litre here and the Canadian dollar is on par with the USD. Multiply that by 3.78, given that one gallon contains 3.78 litres and I'm paying 5.21 a gallon. It doesn't stop me from driving my Camaro, given that it is the only vehicle I own. If my new Camaro is the only vehicle I own, I won't have a choice but to pay with it too.Same here in S.K..I drive my 99 GTP to work which gets 25.5 mpg city/hiway(well over 30 CDN) and besides my 94 only is pleasure driven and every thing is relativelas my 94 is way better on fuel than my 79z:lol:..Btw the more gas goes up the more us gearheads want to make our vehicles more efficient,w/more mods,etc:)

If we start talking $10/gal, I'll get one of those bicycle cart/cab thingies and pay a hooker to haul me around town - it will be cheaper than gas.

You should buy one now then because by summer 2010 gasoline will be in the $8-$10 range and there might be a made rush into bicycles. Cost of hookers should be about the same as now, maybe less as people look for extra work to pay for fuel.

hell yes i still want the big v8. and damn right im gonna roar around town. ive been waiting 3 years for this car. ill sit it in the garage when i die. until then im driving it!

i dont know if you noticed, but "big v8's" pretty much died off a lil ways back. we're pretty much stuck with small blocks at this point.

what if? then its expensive. life will go on in some form.