With gas prices increaing every day maybe I should forget about buying a CTS

[KenD245]

I am beginning to worder if I should cancel my order for my 2009 Cadillac CTS. At the rate of increase in gas prices I would not be surprised is gas goes to $10.00 per gallion in a year or two.

With gas prices at $10.00 per gallon the future trade in of the CTS will be worth close to nothing.

[Maeztro]

Gas is very pricey, but we are a long way from 10 bucks a gallon. Besides, I know there are more economical cars, but I wouldn't call my 08 cts a gas guzzler.

[lepidium93514]

X2

I'm getting 27.6mpg, it is 99.9% highway but at 75mph. I don't find that at all bad considering the car is somewhat heavy and a luxury vehicle. Much nicer way to spend 2 hours a day than say in a prius.

It's also nice you can use 87 instead of premium.

[928S]

KenD245,

Get a Shell MasterCard. Mine rebates 5% of every Shell gasoline purchase. At your projected price of $10 per gallon, that's a $0.50 discount. Heck, anybody can surely afford $9.50/gal. !!!

[dkozloski]

Of the cars in its class the CTS gets gas milage equal to any. If you want better you'll have to settle for an econobox.

[cts2008lover]

It all depends on how many miles you drive everyday. However, CTS is not that bad at all.

[Mike_TX]

There's always a bicycle. And it doesn't even leave a big carbon footprint.

Seriously, gas prices are artificially high right now because oil is at an all-time high. But it's a "bubble", and it will pop at some point and prices will go down some. Oil really isn't much higher than it was a year or two ago - we're just having to buy it with Dollars that are worth only about half as much, so it equates to twice the price.

The Dollar will recover in time and prices will come down as its value increases. And the CTS is as good a car value as anything else short of a Prius .

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[urbanski]

prius++

[dkozloski]

If you think it's expensive to repair an out of warranty Cadillac with a blown head gasket, try repairing an out of warranty Prius with blown electronics. A while back they were taking any offers for one on Ebay.

[CTSing]

Rumor from a very reliable source is that the "next" new generation CTS will be a 4 cylinder. Granted that supposedly it is up to a 400 HP 4 banger for the prototype but they will probably de-tune the heck out of it for gas mileage. This is supposedly being "looked at" for the CTS, not the CTS-V.

If you want it all, you better get it soon ... or will it be "better" in the next gen?