12-02-2016, 07:37 AM | #71 |
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12-02-2016, 08:10 AM | #72 |
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Lease a Chevy Bolt or Volt. The gas savings will pay for the lease and drive your Camaro like you stole it.
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12-02-2016, 08:25 AM | #73 | |
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When gas was high a few years back were paying well over $6/gallon up here |
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12-02-2016, 09:04 AM | #74 |
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One thing I would like to point out in this discussion, is that the Gen6 Camaro gets pretty damn good gas mileage in it's various forms. My SS is getting close to 30MPG door to door going down to my dad's house (75% freeway, pretty flat terrain, and the other 25% is country 2 lane roads).
So gas price increases do hurt a bit and I am not minimizing anyone's pain if they are on a limited budget, but I am totally amazed at how efficient these new Camaros are. I never would have dreamed that I could have a car that performs like it does (0-60 in 4.0, 12.3 1/4 mile, etc.) and still manage to get close to 30MPG on the freeway. These are awesome times we live in (as far as performance cars go). |
12-02-2016, 09:31 AM | #75 | |
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12-02-2016, 09:34 AM | #76 | |
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Naturally, I had to drag race the Volt. Padre |
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12-02-2016, 10:07 AM | #77 | |
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So, how much would gas prices have to increase for it to become more cost effective. Or, how would having solar panels on the roof, and charging for free help out the math? |
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12-02-2016, 10:08 AM | #78 |
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I'm sure the young'uns are laughing at that video of the drag racing Volt, but if you go back to the dark days of the mid-70's to early 1980's, there were V8 Camaros that didn't run that fast. True. Look it up. A 1980 Z/28 with a 4-speed ran 16.4 sec. @ 86 mph. That was the *fast* Camaro!
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12-02-2016, 10:29 AM | #79 | |
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If gas goes to $6/gallon, you might save $8000 over 10 years for a 30 mile daily commute, $12000 for a 100 mile daily. If you use a complete solar setup that actually works, you might save $5000 over 10 years, minus your start-up costs for the solar (probably well over $5k). Here's a neat Volt Calculator: http://www.digifixpix.com/volt/volt_calc.asp The Volt was fun and a great car to drive, especially since it had gas generator so you had no range anxiety. I would go a month or more without a fill up. But I was also paying on a $40k car, not a beater. It's a great niche vehicle, with little economic value. Padre |
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12-02-2016, 10:44 AM | #80 | |
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I'm very happy with it so far. |
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12-02-2016, 11:34 AM | #81 |
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True dat!
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12-02-2016, 11:40 AM | #82 |
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12-02-2016, 12:22 PM | #83 | |
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Great deal for you, sucks for the rest of us taxpayers to subsidize it. Great business to be in, like solar in recent times - get millions/billions of guaranteed loans and subsidies for a product not as cost efficient as petroleum, go bankrupt, walk away rich. Where do I sign up? Padre |
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12-02-2016, 01:25 PM | #84 | |
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Or you could get into the oil business which gets around 17 billion subsidized per year. Subsidies are everywhere it's part of the job governments have. It's good to at least see it in an industry that needs it to start so that it can replace what we currently are running out of. Waiting until it's needed is too late. |
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