Do Cobra owners worry about gas prices?

[RodKnock]

If you're driving your Cobra 2,000 miles per year, get 10/mpg at $5/gallon (nearly that here in the Bay Area for supreme), then we're talking about $1,000/year. And if you're going to drive a fun sports car anyway, then likely 50% +/- of that $1,000/year or $500 is really the true difference.

That's small potatoes in terms of sports car ownership.

[Mark Brye]

Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy

Just checking if owners budget gas costs in ownership or it is simply part of the Cobra experience to spend big $$$ at every gas stop?

No budget. I don't like when my debit card max's out at $75 though. Its a pain to have to pull the card out to swipe again at the pump.

[Clayboy]

Someone posted here a number of years ago... don't remember who, but it has stuck with me ever since. "It's not the miles per gallon, but the smiles per mile."
If ya can't afford the gas, ya got no business with a cobra!
Bob

[Cashburn]

That question would only be asked by someone who has not yet owned one, for once you own one it's no longer a concern.

Wanted to add, what it becomes is more of a concern of range... Get 30 of these out together for a sprint and watch the stress of the 4 speed big block owners... Heehee...

[cobrarob]

I have a cobra and a FORD GT and a recently aquired Lambo and I was out for a drive in the Lambo last sunday and girl walked up to me and asked how much does it cost for gas in this car

I said..., are you kidding me

Then we had a nice talk

[CSX3183]

That's like asking if the US Gov't worries about paying $595.00 for a hammer, and $1200 for a toilet!

[WardL]

How much alcohol is in that race fuel?

[Ron61]

Ward,

The race fuel that I buy is 110 leaded and has no alcohol. We can also get 93 unleaded with no alcohol here.

Ron

[mnm99]

I'm subscribing because I wasn't sure the question was meant towards the Cobra...LOL.. When I fill up I don't even look at what the pump says price wise. I'm having so much fun I don't care...

[nealgs]

i wish we were only paying $3.79 a gallon this side of the pond

Even with our prices of £1.38/litre (appx $10/gallon - UK gallon slightly larger than US i believe) it's still the smiles per mile that counts - fuels costs are forgotten especially when sun is shining and you have a few mates in a convoy - it's all good

rgds
Gary

[Chook]

Life's too short to worry about gas/fuel mileage

[G-Pete]

Originally Posted by WardL

How much alcohol is in that race fuel?

I run the Sunoco 260GTX - the same fuel what NASHCAR uses in all cars. This is pure gasoline, no additives nothing in there. You spill this on the floor it vaporizes without a stain. I put money and a ton of work in my motor and I like this engine clean especially on the inside. I run this gas for years on lawn movers, chain saws, generators and last but not least on my RC engines 35, 50, 85 and 100cc. You have to see the difference between two engines with the same run time, with "regular" and that GTX260.

Some local Vette guys fueled probes from different gas stations and sent that to a lab because of problems with the old fuel injected motors. The highest ethanol content was !!!!!!!!32% - all these guys do not fuel pump gas anymore. Most run Aviation gas.

Pump gas is just bad for the motor - period.

[347stroker]

Fifty bucks in the Cobra is painless compared to the six or seven hundred bucks I used to spend filling up the Peterbilt. Tom

[itstock]

I run AV fuel at (currently) just below $6/gallon, which is down from a couple weeks ago. I don't find the price to be the problem, it's going up there, filling up the jugs, then filling the car up.

[Archrms]

If you have to worry about the price of gas or what kind of gas mileage you get, then a Cobra is not the car for you.

[WardL]

Pretty funny. Pretty sure your Sunoco racing fuel is 20% ethanol. You won't find a racing fuel without any ethanol or methanol in it. The only fuel without alcohol will be Avgas..... Planes, water and ethanol fall out of the sky....

[Jamo]

Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy

Just checking if owners budget gas costs in ownership or it is simply part of the Cobra experience to spend big $$$ at every gas stop?

So what's life like in an electric car?

[Got the Bug]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

The latter. If you're worried about cost of ownership, then buy a Prius.

Or buy a Cobra and Prius. That balances thing out, doesn't it?

[Clayboy]

Let me quote Northern California's famous Rick Parker..."NAF 289 Slabside Early Comp Car with 289 Webers and all the goodies. Cancelling the efforts of several Priuses"
Need I say more...?
Bob

[Snake2998]

I worry about gas prices in the Cobra like I worry about getting Cancer - there's nothing i can do about either except get out there and enjoy life - and the Cobra is big on making life enjoyable.