thedyingiraffe

I'm surprised no one has brought up the subject yet. Here in Ottawa it's up to 139 cents per liter for regular. I think it's up to 147 in Montreal... That means amost 160 for 94 octane gas!!! 112 bucks for 70 liters... that's a little crazy!

How are gas prices changing your driving habits? I'm guessing if we can afford P-cars, we can assume higher variable costs associated to driving?

Marc-André
'91 963

turboGary

Took the 930S off the road a couple weeks ago when I saw it coming. It's staying off till the crap settles, if it doesn't the car is gone..... and I'll get a smart car

JimV8

I heard today that this is spike and by next week it should start coming back down to the 90s, unless of course something else bad happens. BTW the Pcar is nothing, the big savanna with the 5.7 that gets pricey. Fortunatley i use it in the business so it makes money. and if it gets too much I raise my prices.

JimV8

I heard today that this is spike and by next week it should start coming back down to the 90s, unless of course something else bad happens. BTW the Pcar is nothing, the big savanna with the 5.7 that gets pricey. Fortunatley i use it in the business so it makes money. and if it gets too much I raise my prices. As for driving habits In town I look ahead to the lights and do a lot of coasting and on the highway put on cruise and keep around 90-95. This gets me about 50 more kms on a tank.

jumper5836

I think we should be rioting in the streets and hanging the government officials until they get the point. But I live in Canada where everyone is passive and no has a voice. Cows being led off to slaughter.

Marc Shaw

It is 113 here in the Maritimes - I drive my P-car now instead of the Sequoia as it is easier on gas!

Marc

u_slo

The gas prices are horrible, but as the others have already stated, it doesn't do much worse than the other cars in the house.

Although I must admit the motorcycle looks like a likely choice for any missions while these prices are in the range they're in

Jaak Lepson

I tell my friends that I now have to drive my econo car more ... the Porsche!!! .... my 951 gets 36 to 38 MPG highway ....

JustinL

I filled up my bike today. It usually costs about 13$... today it was 15$. I'll fill it up again in 3 weeks

The 944 turbo... that's a different story, but there's now way I'm gonna stop driving it until the snow flies.

thedyingiraffe

You guys are right about the porsche not being tougher on gas... except that all of us put the 91-94 octane instead of the 87 so it probably even's out with an SUV! Speaking of SUV's, I wonder how sales will look like this month!

As for 90 cent gas (40% drop), I doubt very we'll be seeing that in the next few weeks... or months for that matter! I bet oil companies aren't in a hurry to lower prices! And for that to happen, the price of the baril must come down a couple of bucks too! USA tapping into strategic reserves can't be a good thing in the short run either.

adie

I guess no one has brought it up as no one really cares. The oil companys know what everyone will pay for gas, if it goes to $2 a litre would you stop buying it, of course not. I am paying the same for gas now as I was back in the UK.............................10 years ago. No on in the Uk thought it would ever go above 75 pence litre ($1.70 in real money) but there paying the same in pounds as you are in dollars, to sit in traffic. And I don't think it make a difference if you have a Porsche or a GMC, you don't get a special rate just because you have a different badge on the hood. it's just the way it will be. There are alternitives for many people but everyone has become reliant on gas and will do anything to continue investing in fossil fuel and loading Saudi's with cash. I commute 140kms each way to work 3/4 days a week, it now makes sense to get a basement apartment and stay in town while i'm working, it will cost the same except someone gets a break in there mortgage payments and my cash goes to them rather than in the tank of my car, probably safer than me driving down the road after 14 hours of work each day as well. I had thought of a smart can when I was in the UK but realistically if you have a nice economical car in the garage and a Porsche (or anything that is a pleasure to drive) you usually take the Porsche, after all the $20,000 purchase price buys a lot of gas for your Porsche. Thats my thought and I'd welcome gas price's falling but I don't doubt that the prices will be here to stay, if not this year then the next. Especially as we all now know that WE are prepaired to continue consuming gas, no matter what the pump price is. If it does drop it will only be short term befoer it goes back up again. Drive a compact!..............i'd rather push my Porsche.

thedyingiraffe

I think people do care. Most North American cities aren't build around public transportation like in Europe. I lived in Europe for 4 months and I didn't need a car... Everything was very accessible by tram, bus or underground. However, in Canada it's not quite the same thing. Let's take you for example... commuting 140 km per day. I doubt you where doing this in the UK? There you go.

As for the same pound for dollar prices... that we really don't care about because of purchasing price parity. Your big mac will cost you 2 USD, 2 CAD or 2 GBP.

u_slo

You said it... anyways, a nice sports bike only complements a pcar

The DareDevil

I just hugged my big 4-banger