kirkyg said:
Um actually...if you do the math it may very well be that people would not be able to afford it. Gasoline has become a huge expense for me. I drive about 1800 miles a month now where as i used to drive 1000 or so. My gas bill is typically 120 bucks a month. That is a huge gas bill for one vehicle. Think about that with 2-3 vehicles / family and vehicles that have big engines and lower fuel economy (due mostly to excess weight).
Gasoline is getting out of hand. You can't just simply compare 25,000 to a 120 gas bill...you have to consider over time thats ALOT of money and a HIGH % of your income in many peoples case.
BTW, the difference between a honda civic that gets about 28 mpg in town and a supercharged mustang that gets 15 in town is just about 100% increase. Meaning an average gas for a honda might be 1750 for a year and your mustang it might be 3500
kirkyg
The math was conveniently provided for you in one of my earlier posts within this thread. And it's a very valid post, because how many people say "Those Grand Ams are going to be flooding the dealers if gas prices approach $3-4 per gallon?"
Again, if people can't afford to drive a Mustang GT because of gas prices (of all things!), then chances are that they can't afford to drive ANY car.
Also, the key to any good comparison are averages. I could say that a Honda Civic pulling a trailer gets worse gas mileage than my Mustang GT, and that I drive 200,000 miles per year, but how valid is that? Grand Am 3.4L overall fuel economy 24.5mpg. Mustang GT overall fuel economy 21mpg. The average driver would be spending about $110 more in a year driving his/her Mustang GT than a Grand Am, or $204 if gas was $3 per gallon.
A better comparison yet would be the national average fuel economy of all vehicles compared to a Mustang GT. I don't know that information, so I picked a common car.
So I agree with 351CJ, let's stop the whining about gas prices with a Mustang GT, as there is no issue there. If the 2005 fuel economy is on par with the current model (and I predict it'll be a bit better), then no problem. Complaints are valid if the new GT gets 10mpg, but it won't.
I would imagine most people owning a GT put less than 10k on it yearly (I put 7000/year on mine, and it's my only car), as it's often a toy/supplement car. This makes gas prices even more trivial.
66Satellite, I love the comment about equivalent gas prices. My grandpa is outraged at the current gas prices going into the stories "When i was younger, gas was a nickel per gallon..." He also made a couple dollars per week, so there's virtually no difference. Ugh...but I try to look shocked.