fuel efficiency
02-20-2012, 05:20 PM
#11
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Palm Beach to South Carolina
Posts: 1,567
I bought my '08 GT around the time gas prices were heading north of $4/gallon in 2008. Ford was offering $4,500 in rebates and with X-Plan pricing I was able to purchase my $31,800 stickered car for $26,000 OTD... Even got 1.9% financing! 
My average price per gallon is currently at $3.15 since buying my car (95% of which was premium fuel).
My average price per gallon is currently at $3.15 since buying my car (95% of which was premium fuel).
02-20-2012, 08:57 PM
#14
1st Gear Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Ma.
Posts: 116
I have a 1 hr commute but it gives me 23.5 per gal. when I baby it, and I mostly do because of the amount of speed traps I see on the way to work. it's insane. My winter car is a GM V-6 which gets just slightly less than that. I don't regret it yet but I do regret having to give up my company vehicle last yr.
02-21-2012, 06:52 PM
#15
6th Gear Member
My SUV is my DD and it averages about 2-4 MPG less than the Stang. I didn't buy either for economy. If you're worried about spending an extra $10-$20 per week on fuel, stop eating those Happy Meals or buying foo-foo coffees or buying soda and quit smoking and drink less alcohol and.... yada-yada.
02-21-2012, 08:37 PM
#17
4th Gear Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,846
I don't think I'll ever say I truly regret my purchase, but I do have to say these gas prices are hurting. I'm a college student and at this point have plenty of cash to finance my driving habits even if gas prices get up past $4 per gallon.
My problem is that other than my car, I'm one of the cheapest bastids you'd ever get to know. My food budget is tight as hell, I never go out to eat, buy fancy coffee, any of that. I'm no clothes horse, and my biggest spending goes towards technology that I need for school. So what really bothers me is that I don't have a place to drop spending to make up for gas increases. Oh and my girlfriend lives 180 miles away, visiting every two weeks is going to be asshurt.
Unfortunately as long as Iran is playing retarded games trying to create nukes, we're going to see these prices keep rising.
My problem is that other than my car, I'm one of the cheapest bastids you'd ever get to know. My food budget is tight as hell, I never go out to eat, buy fancy coffee, any of that. I'm no clothes horse, and my biggest spending goes towards technology that I need for school. So what really bothers me is that I don't have a place to drop spending to make up for gas increases. Oh and my girlfriend lives 180 miles away, visiting every two weeks is going to be asshurt.
Unfortunately as long as Iran is playing retarded games trying to create nukes, we're going to see these prices keep rising.
02-22-2012, 08:57 AM
#18
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: TENNESSEE
Posts: 26
I am still in the first month of my ownership of a 2011 Gt and I wouldn't trade it for anything. A lot of people warned me about such things but since I new that I was looking at a 2011 that I would get a couple more mpgs than older ones. Although the one factor that I bring up to people is that I was driving a 1994 camry before my Mustang and it literally gets the same mgps as my new Mustang. So the way I see it is that I get the same mgps with a car that is much more fun, and I am just spending the same amount of money on gas as if I just kept the damn camry!
02-22-2012, 09:30 AM
#20
worst case, I have two other daily drivers I can use. My wife's work place is about a 5 minute drive (mine is about 20-30 minutes give or take), so I may driver her 2007 Audi A4 (Diesel) and I also got a 1999 BMW 316i which gives pretty good gas mileage. 90% of the time we get our gas on Post (military installation) rather than off the German Economy...