Thread: GM should be telling all of us thanks.

Originally Posted by my engine is upside down

I think the average person should test drive a vette and then a civic and then choose. People are making a huge deal out of the number and not doing all of the math. "OMG it costs me $250 in gas to go from Nashville to New Orleans 1 way at $4 a gallon" c'mon, gas is $2 a gallon and its still cheaper to fly AND rent a car for the weekend.

Cars, even when gas was $5 a gallon, were a status symbol. Sure a Prius gets a lifetime to a tank of gas, but how many phone numbers will you get with one of those? I'm sure the club girls are saying "he's a catch, he's economical!" Of course you could show up in a fully tuned highly modded Civic and catch a few numbers, but then after everything you've done, you probably could have just bought a Vette, saved alot of time, and gotten the same amount of respect. Didn't see too many guys trading in Vettes for Civics during the gas crunch.

I blame the media and the soccer moms (and dads) that loaded up their Hummers and Navigators with 3500lbs of extra cargo and got 8 miles to the gallon screaming "Unacceptable!"

There was so much that could have been done. If a V8 car is the problem, dont super
mass produce them! Limit run them on an as needed basis. When my dad bought his G8, there was 1 V6 G8 on the lot, and 40 V8's. Thats the problem. In a gas crunch, how could you sell that?! Limit production on the gas hogs and keep production costs down. It'll make cars cheaper, values rise, and everyone happy.

I'm done rambling. I probably dont make any sense anyways haha.

thats why i said the average person, its all fact, and your right you dont see people trading in their vettes, hell i woulndt trade it in if i spend that kind of money for a dream car, but you DID see the number of used 4cyl go up, people with these monster suv's Vettes stangs, who i only really see now on the really nice weekends for drives, are now driving beaters or decent 4cyl cars to go to and from work, the reason for the mass production at that time was because there was a mass demand for them plain and simple, everyone wanted an H1, Everyone wanted a Jacked up powerful SUV, Truck, Car and the numbers match. and what i said above when the gas "crissis" hit, they were not able to just put the breaks on it, esp when gas shoots up as fast as it did not gonna happen, Also you make the comment on test drive a vette then a civic, im glad you have money, most of america now is in the hole, sure TEST DRIVING is fun and yeah based on a test drive i will take a damn vette hands down, but in the real world, where the economy is horrible, no one in their right mind unless they are loaded or their mommies and daddies will buy them any car they want AND pay for the gas will take the vette over a new civic. Not only are the new civics great peices of technology, but as you said, when you can RENT a car why not just rent a Vette, it will be cheaper now anyway. Do the math, Take the average Vette car payment, add in the INS add in the GAS and then add in the Rental Fee for a long trip, Hello Mr. Gates can i borrow some money? too much in todays economy for anyone, even the rich around here on long island dont drive their lambo's as much because of the constraints of the economy.

Edit: also if you NEED a sweet ride to get a chick then there are more problems than just the car.