Honda Car Forum

About a year and a half ago, I made a deal with my daughter that I would
sell her my 2002 Civic LX for a good price in 2006 (which gets 39 mpg) and I
would buy a new Civic. Well, I did sell her my 2002 this year as planned
and in the meantime the 2006 civic has won all sorts of awards as "car of
the year" and gasoline is approaching $3 per gal. So of course, Civics are
going for a premium now. Here in Central Texas they are getting MSRP, which
sucks eggs big time. I don't mind paying for value, but I hate to get
ripped off.

Thus, as the subject of this post indicates, I feel more like the bug than
the windshield.

Are Civics selling for MSRP where you are? Do you think these prices will
continue for a while? Or do you think they will start selling closer to
invoice as we near the end of the model year?

In the meantime I am in a holding pattern, driving my 91 Isuzu pickup (27
mpg) and riding my bicycle to work 2 or 3 times a week.

Sid

.... and gasoline is approaching $3 per gal....

You lucky gits !

Start thinking about when your gas starts costing you about $6.35 per US gal
and you have it as bad as the UK !!!

It costs me around $70 (£40) to fill up my UK civic which is 39mpg same as
yours and i get about 280-300 miles out of that tank !!!

Dom

"Domestos" <andy.mak@virgin.netspam> wrote in message
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> ... and gasoline is approaching $3 per gal....
>
> You lucky gits !
>
> Start thinking about when your gas starts costing you about $6.35 per US
> gal and you have it as bad as the UK !!!
>
> It costs me around $70 (£40) to fill up my UK civic which is 39mpg same as
> yours and i get about 280-300 miles out of that tank !!!
>
> Dom
>

But don't you guys get pay by pounds not dollars?

"Bob Jones" <email@me.not> wrote in message
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> "Domestos" <andy.mak@virgin.netspam> wrote in message
> news:d8v2g.38967$zf1.25161@newsfe5-gui.ntli.net...
>>
>> ... and gasoline is approaching $3 per gal....
>>
>> You lucky gits !
>>
>> Start thinking about when your gas starts costing you about $6.35 per US
>> gal and you have it as bad as the UK !!!
>>
>> It costs me around $70 (£40) to fill up my UK civic which is 39mpg same
>> as yours and i get about 280-300 miles out of that tank !!!
>>
>> Dom
>>
>
> But don't you guys get pay by pounds not dollars?
>
of course we do - but you need to look at relative job salaries between the
two countries for that to have an affect...

Sid wrote:
> About a year and a half ago, I made a deal with my daughter that I would
> sell her my 2002 Civic LX for a good price in 2006 (which gets 39 mpg) and I
> would buy a new Civic. Well, I did sell her my 2002 this year as planned
> and in the meantime the 2006 civic has won all sorts of awards as "car of
> the year" and gasoline is approaching $3 per gal. So of course, Civics are
> going for a premium now. Here in Central Texas they are getting MSRP, which
> sucks eggs big time. I don't mind paying for value, but I hate to get
> ripped off.

do you belong to sams club, AAA, or costco? if so, check out their auto
buying program. you SHOULD be able to do better than MSRP.
>
> Thus, as the subject of this post indicates, I feel more like the bug than
> the windshield.
>
> Are Civics selling for MSRP where you are? Do you think these prices will
> continue for a while? Or do you think they will start selling closer to
> invoice as we near the end of the model year?

theyre brand spankin new this year, so expect the hubbub to die down
this fall.
>
> In the meantime I am in a holding pattern, driving my 91 Isuzu pickup (27
> mpg) and riding my bicycle to work 2 or 3 times a week.

anything beats a car payment.
>
> Sid
>
>

Domestos wrote:
> .... and gasoline is approaching $3 per gal....
>
> You lucky gits !
>
> Start thinking about when your gas starts costing you about $6.35 per US gal
> and you have it as bad as the UK !!!

if we could get universal health care here, id be willing to pay $6/gal.

and thats speaking as someone that already has pretty damn good health
care through my employer. it would be a step down for me, but id take it.
>
> It costs me around $70 (£40) to fill up my UK civic which is 39mpg same as
> yours and i get about 280-300 miles out of that tank !!!
>
> Dom
>
>
>

"SoCalMike" <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Domestos wrote:
>> .... and gasoline is approaching $3 per gal....
>>
>> You lucky gits !
>>
>> Start thinking about when your gas starts costing you about $6.35 per US
>> gal and you have it as bad as the UK !!!
>
> if we could get universal health care here, id be willing to pay $6/gal.

Most of feel that way too.

> and thats speaking as someone that already has pretty damn good health
> care through my employer. it would be a step down for me, but id take it.
>>
>> It costs me around $70 (£40) to fill up my UK civic which is 39mpg same
>> as yours and i get about 280-300 miles out of that tank !!!



--
The DervMan
www.dervman.com

"SoCalMike" <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> if we could get universal health care here, id be willing to pay $6/gal.

It really is swings an roundabouts...

We pay for our health care through national insurance taxes. We pay about
£100 out of every £2500 into our National Health Care Service (NHS)

Now I am not sure what you have to pay for health insurance in the US but
here in England I would rather have the choice and funnel that £100/month
into private health cover...

"Domestos" <andy.mak@virgin.netspam> wrote in message
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> "SoCalMike" <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> if we could get universal health care here, id be willing to pay $6/gal.
>
> It really is swings an roundabouts...
>
> We pay for our health care through national insurance taxes. We pay about
> £100 out of every £2500 into our National Health Care Service (NHS)
>
> Now I am not sure what you have to pay for health insurance in the US but
> here in England I would rather have the choice and funnel that £100/month
> into private health cover...
>
>
>

That is always true of someone young and healthy. You can always buy
insurance cheap then. But most bankruptcies in the US are the result of
health problems and people's insurance running out.

On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 18:29:31 GMT, "Domestos" <andy.mak@virgin.netspam>
wrote:

>
>"SoCalMike" <Mikein562athotmail@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> if we could get universal health care here, id be willing to pay $6/gal.
>
>It really is swings an roundabouts...
>
>We pay for our health care through national insurance taxes. We pay about
>£100 out of every £2500 into our National Health Care Service (NHS)
>
>Now I am not sure what you have to pay for health insurance in the US but
>here in England I would rather have the choice and funnel that £100/month
>into private health cover...
>
>