TMS Spring '08

Who's going, who's not, and who's getting killed at the pump?


Things are looking a little depressing as the costs to get there are sky rocketing and I'm not sure it's such a good idea to go this time round.

Thinking that the fall might be better, even though I really want to go now. A lot has come up in the past few months and I'm tired...

I'm going and I'm getting killed at the pump.

Luckily you don't have nearly as far to go as I would if I go... :p

Who isn't getting killed at the pump?

Not going.

Gas is too expensive, my suspension is still shot, and to be honest, I really lost interest in my GP.

yea me 2 i want a truck again

Jeesh, listen to you people lol, losing intrest in your grand prix and yet you come here to GRANDPRIXNET to talk about your cars lol, pull yourselves together guys and start enjoying your gp's a lil more!.

I think we all go thru a lull in interest from time to time, and with gas costing like it does it puts the squelch on anyones good time.

I'm just glad that the GP still gets pretty good mileage...I'm glad I'm not stuck with a big 4WD or a V8 powered Stang or Charger...the kind of mileage those cars get would make me cry.

We sling mud at the ricers but they are getting better mileage than we do. I guess having a second car keeps me from falling too deep in the slump of getting tired of my GP, but if gas keeps rocketing like it is I might be looking for G5 forum

Sadly, I'm gonna have to pass. Got a few things to take care of, like a brake job, getting my a/c fixed (no way am I making that trip with no a/c!) and getting the car repainted/tinted.

I'm planning ahead, though, and shooting for the one later this year.

Due to gas prices, this may be my final time to go myself. I may go on hiatus with the event until Sept '09.

What GP? Mine's been gone for months now and Rick keeps calling me a commie for it too... :p

I'm sorry, where was the "You Must be This Interested in Your GP/Have A GP/Have a Running GP to Be Here" sign?

I must have missed it on my way in.

Why's that? Just curious is all. What wheeled mode of transportation is tickling your fancy these days?

I too am slowly losing interest in mine only cause of a lot of little things that saddens my heart that I can't take care of, the fact I desire more space. The G8 and the big chevy's/buicks of the mid 90s are calling to me. But I take solice in the fact that 10 more payments and the GP is paid off and I can park it in the garage and get what fits better.

yeah sounds pathetic...but there are so many things wrong with it and i cant afford to fix them...but its a nice car dont get me wrong....

I'm with Herc on this one. Despite gas prices and other interests, I plan to hang on to the T-Bat. Besides having it almost paid for, everytime I even entertain the thought of getting something else I cant bear the thought of trading the car or giving it to one of my kids and watch it slowly degenerate away.

I hope to slowly keep working on it until someday it will become one of those cars people oooo and ahhh at when it rolls in somewhere. I know that will take alot of work but I've already sweat buckets into this car and I've come too far to give in now.

I still say the time is coming when the GP will be regarded by automotive historians as the sleeper musclecar of the late 90s/Y2K era. Be it a coupe or a sedan, this is a car that graced the high banks of NASCAR, but that was a small thing compared to how it blurred the lines between family car, 6cyl economy and rubber burning muscle. It went a step farther than its honored predecessor, the Buick Grand National by showing how stout the 3.8 engine really was. The GN was a gentlemens giant killer in tuxedo black while the Grand Prix could wear t-shirts and jeans, pickup the kids, stash the groceries and still smoke a Mustang on the way home.

Someday my ThunderBat will live up to his namesake, since he is as close to the Batmobile as I will ever come. Someday he will wail and scream not only like the turbine powered car he emulates but also as an example of the proud marque of "GP" that he hails from.

I'm sure gas will continue to rise but when I think of the guys I see with an old 70s musclecar, I consider how much they were paying per gallon back then. Some day the car show entry pages will say "pre-2010 cars only"...and just like those guys, I may not be able to drive it as much but when I do it'll be a blast.

(I'd like to thank the academy)

Bravo Tbat....good speech! but yes i agree...I am hoping that when i pay my car off that i can get a second car to have as a DD so that i can try to keep my car on the low mileage side. There are so many things that i want to add to it soo badly but with the economy as bad as it is and gas prices tieing into everything its soo hard to tell myself that this is the car for me.

Overall turnout for being a May event was tremendous. It rivaled any Sept event that I've been to (with the exception of the first event I attended). At 10:pm there were still a couple of lines waiting to get on the track. I had a friend ride with me, this was his first time to go and he really enjoyed the trip.

that gp is pretty sexy..hehe lol best car there

i bet it felt sooo good to put that engine to the test!!

nice shot of your ride Bobby...the bras look nice witht those red lower grilles peeking thru.

Looks like the exotics were well represented...that Lambo is just plain HOT, and the Aston aint too shabby either.

hopefully the next time I'm back my ride will be top shelf.

Nice pics Bobby... Wish I coulda been there.

Any other gp's make a showing or was it a lone wolf occasion?

Lone wolf.

That's sad... Not that I would've helped much with the G, but it would've been a GPNet guy.