Are Gas Prices Affecting Your Hobby Spending?

With oil over $120 a barrel, gasoline prices are now at all time highs, and are projected to go even higher. In fact, the prices for petroleum products such as oil and other automotive lubricants are also rising. Average, non-enthusiast, drivers are cutting back on personal spending to keep their tanks full. Automotive enthusiasts, on the other hand, have always been somewhat undeterred by gasoline prices. We continue to drive and modify our high-horsepower fuel inefficient cars – even if it means eating Top Ramen, or forgoing an expensive dinner date. But we suspect with 87 octane at $4 a gallon, many enthusiasts will rethink their hobby expenditures.

Even the crew at FordMuscle is feeling the pinch. Our programmer Chris Monahan recently made the painful decision to trade in his beloved 2004 Cobra for a more fuel efficient German sedan. Some of us are clearly driving our Ford muscle cars less, and racing is almost out of the question since the trailering and high-octane fuel costs can easily come out to a $300 outing.

FordMuscle wants to know if the fuel prices have affected you and your Ford project cars. Tell us, are you still racing as much as before? Have you cut back on how much you drive your car, or the modifications you intended to perform?