[Seth Rex]

Here's a fun topic to think about. It hit me when I was watching Ghostbusters one day, and man, that Ecto-1 Must be a gas guzzler. Think about how much they take the car out on their jobs, and how much they must pay to fill it up. And that's not counting the many times they have to fill it up a week or so. What are your thoughts on this.

[roguespectre]

I had not even thought about that, but looking at it, I guess Ecto-1 would be somewhat of a gas guzzler. Actually, thinking about this, considering it was probably an older car, would it have run on leaded or unleaded? I'm guessing that Ray would also have to have spent a fair amount on repair and maintenance as well as possibly needing to buy additive unless he modified the engine to run on unleaded.

all in all probably not the most economically friendly car unfortunately...

[grantofkings]

For reference, my '62 MM gets 7-8 miles per gallon.

[Seth Rex]

~Nods~ Okay. Good thoughts there. You know, Rogue, you brought up a good topic too that can be related to this. The car only cost 4,800 to buy, but imagine all the work he had to put into it, and I'm not just talking all the repairs, but look at all the stuff they put on the roof of the car. He had to have paid a pretty penny to get the Ecto-1 up to full readiness.

[roguespectre]

As far as the stuff on the roof goes, I'm wondering if Peter helped get some of the equipment at a lower price, though it was probably still quite expensive. It probably took a lot of money to get the car ready for use, but I'm also thinking about maintenance, changing/replacing parts as they wear out, oil, break fluid... I'm guessing, going by the amount of steam it had coming out at the beginning of GB2, that Ray may have needed to do some serious work on the engine...

[Demon Vice Commander]

For reference, my '62 MM gets 7-8 miles per gallon.

Our '66 MM currently gets about 10 miles to the gallon, but that's without the roof rack, equipment, and passengers. I think the original Ecto-1 was right at 8 mpg.

[Seth Rex]

As far as the stuff on the roof goes, I'm wondering if Peter helped get some of the equipment at a lower price, though it was probably still quite expensive. It probably took a lot of money to get the car ready for use, but I'm also thinking about maintenance, changing/replacing parts as they wear out, oil, break fluid... I'm guessing, going by the amount of steam it had coming out at the beginning of GB2, that Ray may have needed to do some serious work on the engine...

Yeah all good points. I'd hate to see the finances just concerning the Ecto-1/1A.

[pferreira1983]

Every time I think of Ecto-1 as a gas guzzler I think back to the opening of GB II where the car was exploding balls of fumes out of it's pipe.

[roguespectre]

If I remember correctly, I think that may have been steam, so I guess it was time to replace the radiator... Maybe thats why they started using 1A

[pferreira1983]

If I remember correctly, I think that may have been steam, so I guess it was time to replace the radiator... Maybe thats why they started using 1A

Yeah the car looked like it was on it's last legs.