Well, I got my 91 Caprice in 97 for $4k. I drove it until I got my 96 ImpalaSS in 2000 for $17k. I drove that until I got married in 2005, when I started driving my wife's 96 Olds LSS (that she had owned for 2 years.) That's when I got her a year-old 2004 Impala that she'll probably drive until at least 2011 but probably longer. And in 2006 I picked up an unsold 2005 Silverado for $22.5k.

The Caprice had 72k miles on it when I got it and now it has over 150k, but it doesn't get driven. The SS was bought 61k miles on it and it quit being my daily driver after 170k miles. The LSS had about 140k miles on it when we sold it. The 04 Wimpala had under 20k miles on it, but it's close to 70k now. My truck had 91 miles on it when I signed the papers (some of that was from my test drive) and now it just passed 22k.

I like to get my money's worth out of my vehicles.

By 2011 if gas DOES reach $8 a gallon (which I'm doubting) then I will probably keep my truck, and depending on where I work at that time, I may pick up a smaller lighter weight vehicle. Maybe something like a 90s Nissan 240? An S10 or Colorado? 350Z? C5/early C6 Corvette? By then a Cobalt SS might be cheap, er, inexpensive. Hell, earlier this year I was considering buying a large go-cart to drive around town

 

So, what are your choices?

 

Re-take over downtown!

 

White 89 IROC-Z28 with the L98.

Why would I let gas prices dictate what I want to buy?

 

http://www.aptera.com/details.php

 

I guess it depends on whether you consider a vehicle as a utility item or an entertainment item.

Ultimately I guess you have to deicde whether the value derived from the vehicle in terms of fun outweighs spending that money on other forms of entertainment. Or if the entertainment value outweighs the added financial stability of saving the extra gas money

 

Actually because of the aerodynamics and realtively light weight I've been pondering either a turbo Ecotec powered or electric 3rd gen Camaro for a daily driver.

 

How about an old Opel GT with an LNF/MA5 drivetrain swap?

 

That would be cool... however find a cheap & clean Opel GT. 3rd gen Camaros are a dime a dozen.

 

A 3rd gen is still a ridiculously heavy car to start with if you're going electric.

 

Not really. They make kits for cars up to 3100 lbs. A 3rd gen Camaro weighs about that much initially. Pull the ICE; gut the interior and add fiberglass seats; replace the hood, doors and front fenders with fiberglass pieces and it should lighten up quite nicely.

 

Electric T Rex

 

Oil Shock: Analyst Predicts $7 Gas, “Mass Exodus” of U.S. Cars

http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalca...us-of-us-cars/