Modifying your car? How are petrol prices effecting you

Adamal · Post by **Adamal** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:26 am

So there are always people out there modifying their cars, doing this and that to their engines to make them more powerful.

However, with the latest surge in gas prices, how is it effecting your thoughts on your modifications. Generally, the more power you make, the more gas you consume.

Of course, yes, doing engine modifications isn't exactly a cheap process. If you're planning on really doing an overhaul, you're looking at like a grand just for pistons alone, let alone other things, which could easily add up to 10 grand. Whats this in comparison to say, $1.78 (est) for 98?
It adds up in the end though.

So have the increases got you thinking twice about modding your car?

no_8wire · Post by **no_8wire** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:07 am

No...at the moment its not effecting me. I mean, hey I dont have kids, no morgage etc...spare money etc...
I think for the most part the "youth" will still do up the cars/engines etc as they have a disposable income. Where as the older ones with young kids etc will be the ones to stopdriving guzzling cars...

I mean I just went and got a 2.6L petrol car...

all about disposable income...

Just my 2c...

Silent Knight · Post by **Silent Knight** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:05 am

Doesn't affect me one little bit.
Will only cost me around 10/15$ extra a week at the moment with petrol price surge. Can't say that would really be a life threatning experience for me...

CaM · Post by **CaM** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:50 am

yuh, I'm running an ms65 as a daily. costs over a hundy to fill from empty. use that and more a week haha.
but yeah, just a couple less beers a week, prolly a good thing if anything.
am coping fine right now, even given my relatively high mileage per week for my group of friends...

couple of mates are feeling the burn hardcore. one lives 10min walk form work but insists on driving etc....... doing like 20km all up per week.
other just wastes their money on bullshit, cant afford to run their borrowed car, let alone save anything to fix their gas guzzler lol

mr pad · Post by **mr pad** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:52 am

CaM wrote:yuh, I'm running an ms65 as a daily

picage?

3au dosnt use too much gas, cyborg turbz will... though

the fallen303 · Post by **the fallen303** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:33 am

advantage of having a low tuned daily driver, and the supra as a toy

Mad Murphy · Post by **Mad Murphy** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:34 am

Nope, not affecting me but thats because my car's off the road. Might use a few dollars extra a week in the Rona but who cares about that? I'd hate to think what a tank of 98's gonna cost me when I get the MR2 back this/next week. Luckily there's still 3/4 of a tank sitting in it.

CaM · Post by **CaM** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:41 am

mr pad wrote:
CaM wrote:yuh, I'm running an ms65 as a daily

picage?

3au dosnt use too much gas, cyborg turbz will... though

http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewto ... 1849#91849

HELBND · Post by **HELBND** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:23 pm

Mad Murphy wrote:I'd hate to think what a tank of 98's gonna cost me when I get the MR2 back this/next week. Luckily there's still 3/4 of a tank sitting in it.

itll cost you about $60 from reasonably empty

Adamal · Post by **Adamal** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:26 pm

Filled the AW yesterday with 98 @ $1.72/l and was $57

RomanV · Post by **RomanV** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:29 pm

Meh, I couldnt care less.

Ask this again when petrol is $5 per litre, and I might have something to say about it.

HELBND · Post by **HELBND** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:29 pm

you paid less than i did

Price: $60.11
Litres: 33.98
$P/L 1.769

OMG so shiny! · Post by **Dell'Orto** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 12:57 pm

I have a 4k powered daily driver, so Im not fussed. Any weekend toys can be as horrendous on fuel as they want, I dont smoke and I dont drink all that often, so I have to have something to waste my money on :lol:

LilRippa · Post by **LilRippa** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:11 pm

Petrol prices dont worry me as
1 - I dont pay for my gas all the time
2 - When i do its with a discount card

mr pad · Post by **mr pad** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:14 pm

CaM wrote:http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=91849#91849

this ones phat like your mother, contains enough calories...

CaM · Post by **CaM** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 3:15 pm

hah, chur.

blackie · Post by **blackie** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:38 pm

Petrol prices dont really affect the way i drive or anything, it just $&#$% me off when i look at the $ display on the pump pwning the litres display..

people that downgrade to like 1.3s to save a dollar a week make me laugh....

MR2SIK · Post by **MR2SIK** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 8:02 pm

Mmm, Boost wrote:I have a 4k powered daily driver, so Im not fussed. Any weekend toys can be as horrendous on fuel as they want, I dont smoke and I dont drink all that often, so I have to have something to waste my money on

Ive got a video of you and a certain bottle of absinthe that could suggest otherwise :lol:

but yea, gas prices are starting to annoy me, I put in my $20 a week, that used to be enough to get me to and from work for the week plus enough left over to have a bit of fun in the weekend, now im struggling to get to work on the 5th day :oops:

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DRFTIN · Post by **DRFTIN** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:59 pm

it makes me want to get my car back on the road quicker because the stupid big fat diesel im driving costs a fortune to run
$110 of diesel gets me as far as $90 would in my car and thats without road user charges... :roll:

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:02 pm

i take the the train and bus to work, so the only petrol i need is for play

so im still going nuts

also helps that the levin gets over 500k from 40l of 98!!

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