He's dead, Jim

Even lemmings have asshole, thanks for covering that aspect for the
Muppets.

On the Corvette side of your drivel, when you're satisfied with your
car, even if it is the lowly Corvette, what's to talk about?

Just got back from a 1,400 mile trip and turned in 29.9 calculated
miles per gallon with 10% Ethanol in it. But alas the last tank only
got 28.7 and the one partial tank in-between got a solid 32, (2008
miles) average that out if you want the overall average. I'm happy
with that kind of return while averaging 56.1 miles per hour overall.

If you drive a tin trash car you can go lurk on a site that have
owners of real cars to get your jollies.

Ever notice the Jap junk fart factories with the shopping cart handle
spoiler, with 10, 15, and even 40 HP stickers need something to aspire
to, like you do?

On 5/27/2012 10:56 AM, Dad wrote:


LOL!  Dad, it's hard to convince the non-believers that can only think
about fun cars and drool over them in magazines.

Friends are amazed when I refer to my 2000 Coupe as "my economy car."
Our two daily drivers are Hondas (Odyssey and Accord) and the Corvette
gets better highway miles than either of them.  They are close, but no
cigar.  No need to run them down either, the Hondas are both great rides
but they aren't Corvettes,

With identical insurance coverage on all three, the Corvette is also the
cheapest of the lot to insure.

Just did a 1,500 mile trip from the Chicago area down to Bowling Green
and eastward (taking in the Bourbon Trail) and averaged just a bit
(27.7) under 28mpg.

Overall, what's not to like with figures like that for a car that will
take you from Zero to "Oh shit!" in five seconds or so?

At $538 a tire to keep the rear of my C6 under me I seldom lay out the
"WOW" takeoffs. Now on the other hand my trip was at night through the
Smokies along the Pigeon river on I-40, I'm sure there was some CB
chatter along the line of "what hell was that?" Plus a few snoozing
driver on the straight aways that had a 100 MPH+ fly by wake them up.
Only one black Hondo and a silver Mustang tried to keep up for a few
miles. The other 30 minutes of my drive I tried to keep it sane. ;-)

Actually I'm not like that or do I think I tend be condescending when
I reply to ol Vinny, if he just had anything positive to say we'd be
fine.

He is dead though Jim, my  cussin Vinny shot him.

Even lemmings have asshole, thanks for covering that aspect for the
Muppets.

On the Corvette side of your drivel, when you're satisfied with your
car, even if it is the lowly Corvette, what's to talk about?

Just got back from a 1,400 mile trip and turned in 29.9 calculated
miles per gallon with 10% Ethanol in it. But alas the last tank only
got 28.7 and the one partial tank in-between got a solid 32, (2008
miles) average that out if you want the overall average. I'm happy
with that kind of return while averaging 56.1 miles per hour overall.

I imagine that's the 6 speed working for you.  I recall the 71 454 I had
years ago only made around 16 and it had a 3.08 rear. In fact, I only get 32
or so in my S2000 if I keep it out of the VTEC motoring along around 70.
That I find hard to do.   Does the Vette take premium.

If you drive a tin trash car you can go lurk on a site that have
owners of real cars to get your jollies.

Ever notice the Jap junk fart factories with the shopping cart handle
spoiler, with 10, 15, and even 40 HP stickers need something to aspire
to, like you do?

Snip

My main gripe about the stick is my knees and traffic jams, not fun.

I'm headed into the down hill side of the '70s and will never let that
slow me down if at all possible.

Not trying to be a smart ass here but......
I love it!!

BTW what century is GM going to put Variable Valve Timing and Direct
Injection into a Vette?  Likely never as long as lemmings keep buying this
crap.  It is an embarassment that GM still does not offer this in what is
considered one of its flagship cars.

At least they are putting high technology in Cadillac as GM realizes that
American car owners are catching up to the fact that Cadillac has been
behind the times in technology for years.  Corvette is still selling, so no
need to offer state of the art technology here yet until the muppets finally
catch on and quit buying.

Hopefully Cadillac and Corvette will begin to attract buyers younger than 70
and with more than a high school education.

Snip

You need to brush up on some stats boy, GM already has VT, you've been
told that before. Honda Odyssey has more technology in its engine and
get less MPG than my 400 HP Corvette and although it does weight about
4400 vs 3300 pounds and claims 18/27/21 MPG against the Corvette's
15/26. My son said he has never seen 26 MPG from his whiz-bang 24
valve V6 while I can come close to that doing round town driving. The
Honda whiz bang develops 71 HP per L with 24 valve/V-tech MULTI port
injection, not direct as you want us to believe is the world saving
technology while the Corvette only gets 70 HP per L with the old push
rod design, BFD.

I applaud the GM engineers effort to keep it simple and squeeze that
kind of HP and fuel mileage out of a purpose built engine and vehicle.
There are many ways to achieve the variable valve timing without it
being variable, varied yes. With the port injection, not just direct
injection the fuel and valve closure can be induced later into the
compression cycle to gain part of the energy back that is lost by full
stoke compression. Do a little research on the technology of the Otto
and Atkinson engines.  How about a 4 stroke cycle being completed in
one revolution?

The expected, uninformed, and pathetic comments from someone that buys
used and only then if it has a high used value to save some money and
then drives them until they are junk (?) still puzzles me. Is that
double speak or what, you over pay for used to save money?

I have now driven 2 new GM vehicles for a total of 18 years and had to
invest $64 in a new belt and idler pulley. I have never owned or
needed an extended warranty. That boils down to a maintenance cost of
about one gallon of gas per year driven. I did buy a couple of
batteries also but that is more like normal operating cost. When they
failed they didn't burn my house down like the Prius.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100424-NEWS-4240319
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/THEJP3C35HU0SROGQ
http://www.shopautoweek.com/articles/2012/05/Fisker-Karma-fire-Texas.html

So again I ask you what is there to talk about if you're satisfied
with the ride you have?  Me thinks you are so disappointed with your
cars that you want everyone else to feel the same.

Last but not the least I was under 70 with more than a high school
education when I bought all of the Corvettes and Cadillacs I've owned,
what's your point?

Snip

You need to brush up on some stats boy, GM already has VT, you've been
told that before. Honda Odyssey has more technology in its engine and
get less MPG than my 400 HP Corvette and although it does weight about
4400 vs 3300 pounds and claims 18/27/21 MPG against the Corvette's
15/26. My son said he has never seen 26 MPG from his whiz-bang 24
valve V6 while I can come close to that doing round town driving. The
Honda whiz bang develops 71 HP per L with 24 valve/V-tech MULTI port
injection, not direct as you want us to believe is the world saving
technology while the Corvette only gets 70 HP per L with the old push
rod design, BFD.

I applaud the GM engineers effort to keep it simple and squeeze that
kind of HP and fuel mileage out of a purpose built engine and vehicle.
There are many ways to achieve the variable valve timing without it
being variable, varied yes. With the port injection, not just direct
injection the fuel and valve closure can be induced later into the
compression cycle to gain part of the energy back that is lost by full
stoke compression. Do a little research on the technology of the Otto
and Atkinson engines.  How about a 4 stroke cycle being completed in
one revolution?

The expected, uninformed, and pathetic comments from someone that buys
used and only then if it has a high used value to save some money and
then drives them until they are junk (?) still puzzles me. Is that
double speak or what, you over pay for used to save money?

I have now driven 2 new GM vehicles for a total of 18 years and had to
invest $64 in a new belt and idler pulley. I have never owned or
needed an extended warranty. That boils down to a maintenance cost of
about one gallon of gas per year driven. I did buy a couple of
batteries also but that is more like normal operating cost. When they
failed they didn't burn my house down like the Prius.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100424-NEWS-4240319
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/THEJP3C35HU0SROGQ
http://www.shopautoweek.com/articles/2012/05/Fisker-Karma-fire-Texas.html

So again I ask you what is there to talk about if you're satisfied
with the ride you have?  Me thinks you are so disappointed with your
cars that you want everyone else to feel the same.

Last but not the least I was under 70 with more than a high school
education when I bought all of the Corvettes and Cadillacs I've owned,
what's your point?

The base Vette today produces --what 400 hp with a weight of around 3400 lbs
or so and will give you pavement wrinkling performance. I suppose using the
same  VTEC technology found in my 7 year-old Honda S2000 you could  go to a
lighter car with a smaller engine with the same power.  But why.   I would
imagine the engineers at GM considered this and found the current push rod
engine sufficient to do what was needed.  Honda no longer produces the S2000
( lack of an automatic may have impacted reduced sales except for diehards
like me) whereas the Corvette is still around.  Ferrari performance for a
heck of lot less.

Snip

You need to brush up on some stats boy, GM already has VT, you've been
told that before. Honda Odyssey has more technology in its engine and
get less MPG than my 400 HP Corvette and although it does weight about
4400 vs 3300 pounds and claims 18/27/21 MPG against the Corvette's
15/26. My son said he has never seen 26 MPG from his whiz-bang 24
valve V6 while I can come close to that doing round town driving. The
Honda whiz bang develops 71 HP per L with 24 valve/V-tech MULTI port
injection, not direct as you want us to believe is the world saving
technology while the Corvette only gets 70 HP per L with the old push
rod design, BFD.

I applaud the GM engineers effort to keep it simple and squeeze that
kind of HP and fuel mileage out of a purpose built engine and vehicle.
There are many ways to achieve the variable valve timing without it
being variable, varied yes. With the port injection, not just direct
injection the fuel and valve closure can be induced later into the
compression cycle to gain part of the energy back that is lost by full
stoke compression. Do a little research on the technology of the Otto
and Atkinson engines.  How about a 4 stroke cycle being completed in
one revolution?

The expected, uninformed, and pathetic comments from someone that buys
used and only then if it has a high used value to save some money and
then drives them until they are junk (?) still puzzles me. Is that
double speak or what, you over pay for used to save money?

I have now driven 2 new GM vehicles for a total of 18 years and had to
invest $64 in a new belt and idler pulley. I have never owned or
needed an extended warranty. That boils down to a maintenance cost of
about one gallon of gas per year driven. I did buy a couple of
batteries also but that is more like normal operating cost. When they
failed they didn't burn my house down like the Prius.

http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20100424-NEWS-4240319
http://www.topix.com/forum/world/THEJP3C35HU0SROGQ
http://www.shopautoweek.com/articles/2012/05/Fisker-Karma-fire-Texas.html

So again I ask you what is there to talk about if you're satisfied
with the ride you have?  Me thinks you are so disappointed with your
cars that you want everyone else to feel the same.

Last but not the least I was under 70 with more than a high school
education when I bought all of the Corvettes and Cadillacs I've owned,
what's your point?
____________________

It's the very definition of an internet troll.  Let it die.

AJM
--
'93 40th Anniversary coupe, 6 sp (both tops)

Not a troll here.  Just a owner who likes/owns the classic Corvettes.  Also
this newsgroup is dead and any discussion, whatsoever, is better than
silence.

"uncle_vito"  wrote in message



Not a troll here.  Just a owner who likes/owns the classic Corvettes.  Also
this newsgroup is dead and any discussion, whatsoever, is better than
silence.

I agree -- disappointing NG