How would you spend your $35k?

[Donas64]

ms3 or any 4 cylynder gets 20-28 on gas,sum can reach 40mpg(corolla and old civic hatches), most v8 is 15-22 average....

v8=gas guzzler

Yes, we know some 4cyls can get 40 mpg

But performance 4 cyls (STI, EVO, MS3 etc) don't do that much better than V8's and even less so if the V8 has cylinder deactivation.

there is a price to pay for boost. And that price is fuel economy. Your 4cyl MS3 is a gas guzzler compared to a 4 cyl toyota corolla. Thats the point thats being made.

 

[jred321]

well, thats if ur talking bout city milege, highway milege *cough* is a different story

face it, 4cylinder ftw,v8 are waste of cylinders

the v8 should do better on the highway than a 4 cylinder because it can cruise at like 1800rpm because of the torque and shut down 4 of its cylinders.

a 6.0L v8 - 4 cylinders = strangely shaped 3.0L v4

i cruise at around 3500rpm on the highway. there's a difference of about 4mpg from city to highway for me because of lack of boost.

 

[mikeyb]

Long version or short?

My wife and I found out we were having a baby, and we've got dogs, and needed something that could carry both at once. We needed something I could trade my 6-month-old MS6 in for, complete with the $10k in negative on it. She was working at a Chevy dealership at the time, and they got a bunch of cheap cars/trucks from a dealership that had been shut down. Combined with my GM employee discount, it was cheap enough to finance the extra $10k. It's very nice (MSRP of $38k), and I drove it for a few days before deciding I could live with it. After a few months, the schoolbus driving dynamics and gas guzzling is getting very old, though.

Well Congrats on the Baby! Why did you have to trade your car in? What does the Wife drive? They did not have something else that would have been more sporting? No Tailblazer SS? I understand why you did it. I was wondering why. Did you buy or lease?

 

[TinmanMS6]

On topic: Is anyone else amazed that the Evo is getting destroyed here?

 

[mikeyb]

My Altima with the almighty VQ35 gets 26 to 28 hwy. That is better then all of these.

 

[mikeyb]

On topic: Is anyone else amazed that the Evo is getting destroyed here?

Its surprised me. I would have thought it would be in the led.

 

[Parad0x01]

Sometimes I hate living in Canada....the STI & Evo will be $50,000 ish and the G8 probably $40,000.

Of course I could go across the border to buy one. Except now the canadian government is making it illegal to buy certain cars from the US.

 

[TinmanMS6]

Well Congrats on the Baby! Why did you have to trade your car in? What does the Wife drive? They did not have something else that would have been more sporting? No Tailblazer SS? I understand why you did it. I was wondering why. Did you buy or lease?

Thanks! He should be here in a few weeks now. I needed something that I could put a baby seat in back of and put the dogs behind that. Sticking my dogs (I have 7 of them, ranging from <4 lbs-85 lbs) in the back seat wasn't really an option. The wife's got an Impala (free work car) so that's a no go.

Trailblazer SS didn't have the discounts to make the negative disappear, and at the end of the day, it's still a Trailblazer, one of the worst vehicles ever made.

It's a lease, so I'm going to try to get somebody to take over the lease so I can get out of it. I'd like to wait a year to grab any one of the millions of new models coming out, but we'll see what happens. I may just pick up something used for cheap now and get out of it when I decide on something else.

 

[TinmanMS6]

My Altima with the almighty VQ35 gets 26 to 28 hwy. That is better then all of these.

My Avalanche actually gets 21 hwy. The Corvette gets 26, so the G8 might not be terrible.

 

[Parad0x01]

On topic: Is anyone else amazed that the Evo is getting destroyed here?

Honestly I just think the Evo is ugly. Something about the rear end of the new lancers.....too fat or something.

 

[TinmanMS6]

I am such a nerd, but I love digging stuff like this up.

2008 Pontiac G8: 15mpg city/24 hwy
Combined is 18 mpg
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm

Edit: You can build it on kbb.com now too.
http://www.kbb.com/KBB/NewCars/Pontiac_G8.aspx

 

[jred321]

On topic: Is anyone else amazed that the Evo is getting destroyed here?

no, they softened it and raised the price so it doesn't appeal to this segment as much as it used to

 

[mikeyb]

That is an awesome find. Maybe we should do a sticky thread so people can look up their fuel mileage.

The Altima gets 17 city 24 hwy. When I do my math I mostly average 26 to 28.

 

[jred321]

i got 17/24, a carbon footprint of 9.6 and an air pollution score of 2

 

[TinmanMS6]

That is an awesome find. Maybe we should do a sticky thread so people can look up their fuel mileage.

The Altima gets 17 city 24 hwy. When I do my math I mostly average 26 to 28.

Oh, I've known about that site for some time. I just get off on finding things on there and kbb.com that aren't public knowledge yet. I'm the only person I know that's excited to find the Jetta Sportwagen mileage on there.

 

[Donas64]

On topic: Is anyone else amazed that the Evo is getting destroyed here?

No at all. Its overpriced and lost some of its raw character. The other cars are far more appealing though I'd take the evo over othe bimmer just cuz I think the 1 series is pug-ugly despite its smooth motor.