Toyota Corolla goes 1,000 km on single tank

I've done that with my Jetta TDI...still it's impressive. If only people would stop buying Yukons and F-350s, demand for gas might shrink and prices would drop.

Pontiac G5: 755 km

Wonder what I can get out my G6?

On the same amount of fuel, I'd guess under 700 for sure. 650 maybe?

I think I could coax a little more than 755 out of my G5.

Only if 5 new Chinese and Indians didn't start driving for every Yukon we pulled off the road. No matter what we do the price of oil is now out of our (and the USAs) hands.

man i wish! ive been driving a sunfire all weekend.. did over 1000 km and spent i'd say close to 150 on gas

I had a GMC 1 ton with a 6.5TD do that on just over double the amount of fuel.

The Hummer should've been right near the top of the list, not sure how they could have missed that.

Must be an automatic... my 5 speed '96 sunfire was awesome on gas, could go 800-900 kilometers on a single tank (which cost about 60 bucks to fill).

It was better than the G5.

You don't honestly expect the price of gas to drop because a few people dump their SUV's do you?

Seriously though, if you do I have a bridge for sale here in Kingston for cheap.

You don't honestly expect the price of gas to drop because a few people dump their SUV's do you?

Seriously though, if you do I have a bridge for sale here in Kingston for cheap.

Ummm, yes. But it wouldn't be 1 or 2 or 10, it would need ot be millions of North Americans. If gas prices keep rising, it will happen. Car dealerships are already having problems selling trucks and larger SUVs.

If only 10 million people got rid of SUVs/Pick-ups in North America and traded them for more fuel efficient vehicles like Corollas, then, yes I would expect prices to drop, simply because demand would shrink.

Example;

10 million SUVs with 75 litre tanks fueling once a week equals 750 million litres of gas used. If you add in pick-ups, then it's closer to 1 billion litres of gas, as most of them have at least 100 litre tanks. If they have a long commute, you could multiply it by 1.5.

10 million Corollas with 50 litre tanks equals 500 million litres of gas used. If they have a long commute, you could multiply it by 1.5.

750 million - 500 million equals 200 million litres of gas. By my rough calculations, that's 1,196,172 less barrels (55 gallon barrel) of oil needed per week, double that if you use trucks. The more poeple who convert, the sharper the drop in demand.

I realize that speculators are driving the prices up now, but if demand dropped by that much, the price would fall, because there would be more supply than demand (Econ 101). Of course other factors might change it, like OPEC cutting back on production, an invasion of Iran, etc, but North Americans do have the power to affect gas prices if we are so inclined. The problem is that far too many people would rather drive a giant SUV to work everyday, than drive a Corolla.

Personally, that's fine by me, but then those same people who increase demand have absolutely ZERO right to bitch about high gas prices.

P.S. How much did you say that bridge was?

You don't honestly expect the price of gas to drop because a few people dump their SUV's do you?

Seriously though, if you do I have a bridge for sale here in Kingston for cheap.

Ummm, yes. But it wouldn't be 1 or 2 or 10, it would need ot be millions of North Americans. If gas prices keep rising, it will happen. Car dealerships are already having problems selling trucks and larger SUVs.

If only 10 million people got rid of SUVs/Pick-ups in North America and traded them for more fuel efficient vehicles like Corollas, then, yes I would expect prices to drop, simply because demand would shrink.

Example;

10 million SUVs with 75 litre tanks fueling once a week equals 750 million litres of gas used. If you add in pick-ups, then it's closer to 1 billion litres of gas, as most of them have at least 100 litre tanks. If they have a long commute, you could multiply it by 1.5.

10 million Corollas with 50 litre tanks equals 500 million litres of gas used. If they have a long commute, you could multiply it by 1.5.

750 million - 500 million equals 200 million litres of gas. By my rough calculations, that's 1,196,172 less barrels (55 gallon barrel) of oil needed per week, double that if you use trucks. The more poeple who convert, the sharper the drop in demand.

I realize that speculators are driving the prices up now, but if demand dropped by that much, the price would fall, because there would be more supply than demand (Econ 101). Of course other factors might change it, like OPEC cutting back on production, an invasion of Iran, etc, but North Americans do have the power to affect gas prices if we are so inclined. The problem is that far too many people would rather drive a giant SUV to work everyday, than drive a Corolla.

Personally, that's fine by me, but then those same people who increase demand have absolutely ZERO right to bitch about high gas prices.

P.S. How much did you say that bridge was?

In most markets I would agree that less demand =lower prices but oil/gas being global we have 2 little countries expanding at an astronomical rate that our consumption won't make that big a difference to the price.

You also have far more faith in the oil companies than I do!

I agree Canada is a flyspeck in the world market, consuming only about 2 million barrels a day, but the USA is the world's largest consumer of oil at almost 20 million (out of about 80 million used worldwide or 25%), so if they stopped needing say 1 million barrels a day (roughly 5% of their daily use), the markets would definitely notice and oil would drop, as long as someone else didn't slow production (like Saudi Arabia) to match the drop in demand.