I will be keepin' the 8 at home! No, I will not get rid of it because of fuel! I will be picking up my Scott Speedster S60 today. I will be pedal powering it the 8 mile round trip to and from work. I did my research and have found that this cycle is the best bang for the buck and I will quickly recoup my cost. Will not have a 3 year period of waiting to break even. I know that cycling isn't possible for everyone but, it works for me. The S60 will park nicely next to my Rocky Mountain Fusion hardtail mountain bike.
This will help in so many ways. Its an option for alot of people. Hell, drive your car with your bike and park a few miles from work. Its more about fitness than fuel.

Take it easy ladies and gents (I use the term ladies loosely as I'm sure you burp, fart and curse more than myself) and maybe I will see a few of you tonight at Starbucks. I'm appoximately 3 miles from there.


Keepin' the 8 and gettin' in better shape.

 

I'm not selling mine either but I'm 32km from work so biking isn't an option for me...
I seem to be heading for a $5500 fuel bill this year.... sigh. I just can't stop driving this car!!
Must buy a cheap commuter car....

 

I already have a cheap Commute car. Honda FIT that is.

I can get about 220 miles out of a tank in City driving. about 40 bux per fill up now on regular gas. @ 4.19

but of course like I said b4, driving the Honda FIT's fun factor is ... Zero.

 

Once you've driven the 8... you'll need to move to something like M3 territory and up to get a "potentially" better driving experience. And even up there.. some cars are questionable

 

great choice on keepin the 8....its also nice to see that not everyone is lazy

 

Same thing I've been doing for a few months now. My commute is only 3.5 miles, each way.

 

Ok, just picked it up. Its actually a Scott Speedster S50, not 60. Feel pretty good about the deal. Msrp is 849. Got it for $569. I figure 4 miles shouldn't take more than 10-15 minutes since I was already cycling anyway.

 

i take the bus 3 times a week Ü good thing we have an express bus that stops just 2 blocks away from work. looks good for now since there's no school. i'm expecting worse come school time. might have to think of an alternative by that time.

 

i drive at least 50 miles a day for work... I seriously don't know how much more I can justify owning this car since I am paying about 4.40 a gallon and I have lots of other stuff going on... This sucks.

 

i am gonna pick me up a 250 ninja in a couple months for commute, easy parking, easy on the gas.

 

I pay approx $3 a litre for fuel

 

My daily driver was a souped-up Cummins Diesel powered Dodge 3/4 ton pick-up. It weighs 8,200 lbs and will run 12.3 in the qtr mile. Needless to say, I could watch the fuel gauge drop on my daily drive. Fun…yeah, but killing me. It was all city driving too. Once diesel fuel hit $4.25 per gallon, I was dropping $150+ every two weeks just for the 6 miles one way to work. So, I picked up the RX8 looking for something that would give me the same amount of enjoyable driving, with better economy. Now I'm burning $42 in mid-grade every two weeks for the same trip, plus all of my general running around during the week. I love it. The money saved on fuel more than covers the little bit of a payment that I have. Lets not talk about insurance though. The truck only comes out when the boat needs a tow to the lake. Life is good.

 

quick question, the 8 is my only car and used to be my DD. daily commute to work would be 38miles. would having a 2nd vehicle (motorbike or beater car) offset my gas expense? when i think about it, i'll be paying for additional insurance and gas still, not to mention maintenance on the second vehicle. and i might have just used it to pay for the 8's gas for daily driving.

PS
can't think of any alternative car that consumes way less except for hybrids that are way overpriced and can't be beaters

 

I was just about to be like who cares, if you sell it bc of gas don't start another thread...then I read the first sentence.

+1 on cycling good call

 

Cool move for many reasons. One of which is;

In most cases, it will cost you more to replace the RX8 or add a second vehicle. Unless that other vehicle is not gas powered.

So again I say - Cool move to keep the 8, and the fitness bit is always good as well.

 

Dang! You got shocks, pegs... lucky! You ever take it off any sweet jumps?

 

If I lived closer to Ft. Sam Houston, I would be doing this now.... but getting up for PT and being there by 0550, living 15+ miles away, AND cycling would be hell.... I think I'd have to leave like an hour early, rather than my standard 30 mins which gets me there 10 mins early following speed limits ><

Plus, I'm sure I'd get hit by some A-hole in San Antonio

 

i would think an old motorcycle with only liability insurance would make up for the gas fast.
bike = 10 cent ish a mile
rx8 = 25 cent ish a mile

assuming daily commute of 18 miles each way.

bike = $3.6
rx8 = $9

so everyday you save about 6 bucks.
20 workdays a month, save $120 a month.. assuming u don't travel during the weekend. someone with a bike want to pitch in how much liability insurance on a 2 year old 250 cc bike is? so u would save about maybe $50 a month + now having a bike to boot =D...

now maybe i should just keep driving my rx8... don't sound like much lol...

 

i put all my classes next semester on tu/thr because of fuel prices. and i have 6 classes......

its a 60 mile round trip. hopefully this semester wont be as bad as my previous semesters, where i commuted 5 days a week. gas prices shot high enough so that it cost $12/day in gas. :/

 

Cycling takes me back a few years. Keeps me young at heart. At 31, I still do stupid **** on my bicycles. Fortunately........chicks dig scars! The pic I'm posting was a total of 52 steps and I almost castrated myself by leaning so far back over the rear tire.

 

I thought the damn thing was pretty damn fun for a car like it is. *shrug*

 

Well, I just 'fixed' my MPG issue... kinda... just bought a new '08 Ninja 250R. Unfortionately, I do not have a Motocycle DL, and being military, don't have the safety class needed. Good news is, even though I don't know how to ride a bike, the military WILL pay for me to learn :D.

Either way, I'm gonna spend more 'bills' money, but save my 'allowance' b/c of gas. me and my wife's finances are weird... and we will leave it at that :P

 

^^^

A 250cc? Hope you don't weigh too much.

 

i might be picking up a honda this week... may have a part out soon after...

 

That is ridiculous! Cycling burns up tons more money in body fuel than rx8! All the meals you have to eat out on the road since you'll never make it home in time to cook dinner, all the electrolyte fluids you are drinking, all the energy bars you are munching, all the vitamins and glucosamine + MSM + hyaluronic acid supplements you are taking to keep your joints for getting taken out like an apex seal. All the protein recovery and extra carbs you will be consuming.

It is much more expensive than driving rx8.

Per mile, human eats like $5 worth of calories and carbs. Per mile, rx8 eats like 35 cents of gas, assuming 14 mpg and $5/gallon.