Don't believe Corvette owners lies about supposed fuel economy

n the Army...

Oh please, that's nothing to brag about. The 2006 Honda Insight is rated @ 45 City and 48 Highway, but with proper driving it gets 121.7 MPG.

With a few inexpensive mods, it gets 180+ MPG. Corvettes require $3.75 premium gas while other cars can use $3.53 gas so FUEL CENTS PER MILE is a far better way to judge economy. My car weighs almost exactly the same as a Corvette and has a Turbo but it only gets 35 MPG @ 60 MPG, 40 MPG @ 42 MPH, and 45 MPG @ 38 MPH on perfectly flat highways, and I think those numbers are PATHETIC with today's gas prices. Anything that gets less tha 40 MPG @ 85 MPH is a dinosaur as far as I'm concerned. You're OUT OF YOUR MIND if you think Corvettes get good fuel economy by any stretch of the imagination. Even a GAS GUZZLER like the 2008 Porsche GT2 gets 25 MPG highway, while the Corvette ZO6 gets 24 MPG according to the EPA.

As opposed to antiwar.com - enjoy your echo chamber, knucklehead.

Venger

Nor is every Fox relevant, apparently.

Sal; "You" & "Tube" are really two words that belong together. The exact opposite of an oxymoron.

Sheeeit, wife has an `05 Lincoln Aviator AWD with the Ford 4.6. The average on that bitch (vehicle not wife) is @ best 12/13. My C4 is pretty much a constant 24 with a 5.7.

Other then your bicycle, exactly what would you know about proper driving?

I happen to belong to a Corvette club since 1991.

I also own a 64 corvette convertible since 91. Has doubled in value. Gets

12 miles per gallon.

I do not like the newer ones. Way over priced for what you get. Interior looks like a rental car. Most folks in my club with the newer vettes drive them only on weekends and do not really care what the mileage is.

Vito

My '94 Ragtop 6sp runs circles around my Xterra in mileage.

:>On Apr 22, 12:52 am, Sarah Czepiel wrote: :>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:20:57 -0700 (PDT), Sal :>> wrote: :>>

:>> :>They'll lie and tell people that Corvettes get 28 MPG, when the truth :>> :>is that the C6 ZO6 gets 24 MPG, the C6 Auto Coupe gets 25 mpg, and the :>> :>C6 Manual gets 26 MPG. :>>

:>> Husband and I averaged 29mpg last summer on a trip from Maryland to Rhode :>> Island.   :>>

:>> When the Corvette has so many other things to brag about, why would anyone :>> lie about the gas mileage?   :>>

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:>Oh please, that's nothing to brag about.

You're a slow learner, Sal. I've already told you no one here is bragging. We're merely comparing gas mileage on the Corvettes.

:>The 2006 Honda Insight is rated @ 45 City and 48 Highway, but with proper driving it gets 121.7 :>MPG.

I don't care about any Honda. That's why I'm reading this in alt.autos.corvette. You're the thread's OP and so far you've taken this lie/troll to alt.autos.nissan,and alt.autos.porsche as well.

:>With a few inexpensive mods, it gets 180+ MPG. :>Corvettes require $3.75 premium gas while other cars can use $3.53 gas :>so FUEL CENTS PER MILE is a far better way to judge economy.

If you had a clue you'd know Corvette owner rarely if ever worry about fuel economy. For the same reason we're not going to flinch at the cost of replacement tires. It goes with the territory.

Whatever you drive I hope you're happy. I'm happy for you. Do me the courtesy of the same, Sal.

Regards, Sarah

:>On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 10:10:36 -0400, Sarah Czepiel :>wrote: :>

:>>I wouldn't characterize it as " bragging" but more comparing the Corvette's :>>amazing mpg against other known factors. For instance our C6 gets the :>>best mileage of any vehicle in the family. I find that a pleasant :>>surprise. :>

:>Pleasant surprise - or serious disappointment in the other vehicles :>:-)

I'd say the rest of the vehicles get about what we expect them to get for mpg figures. We have a 03 Lightning, 04 Mach1, and an 05 Crossfire. The Lightning gets about 14mpg, Mach 1 is about 20mpg, and the Crossfire 22mpg.

:>I happen to belong to a Corvette club since 1991. :>

:>I also own a 64 corvette convertible since 91. Has doubled in value. Gets :>12 miles per gallon.

For a claimed " insider" you certainly write like you're outside the Corvette club.

" Typical vette owners would not really be concerned with mileage. Seems they are going for the looks and performance. "

:>I do not like the newer ones. Way over priced for what you get. Interior :>looks like a rental car. Most folks in my club with the newer vettes drive :>them only on weekends and do not really care what the mileage is. :>

:>Vito

Lots of C5 and C6 daily drivers. The point you've now made is that the newer Corvettes make better mileage than the older Corvettes. Maybe that's why newer Corvette owners don't care about gas mileage...?

Remember The Wave. :)

:>> :>Well what is the mileage you folks get around town. I do not need to do :>> a :>> :>lot of freeway driving. Just stop and go up to about 45 mph. :>>

:>> I get about 20-22 mpg. :>>

:>> :>Also bragging the the vette gets XX mpg seems like a 'so what'. :>>

:>> I wouldn't characterize it as " bragging" but more comparing the :>> Corvette's :>> amazing mpg against other known factors. For instance our C6 gets the :>> best mileage of any vehicle in the family. I find that a pleasant :>> surprise. :>>

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:>> :> Typical vette owners would not really be concerned with mileage. Seems :>> they are :>> :>going for the looks and performance. :>> :>

:>> :>Vito :>>

:>> Mileage is often discussed in the online Corvette fora. Guess you really :>> don't know much about Corvette owners at all. :>>

:>> Enjoy your Nissan. :>>

:>> :>>> :>They'll lie and tell people that Corvettes get 28 MPG, when the :>> truth :>> :>>> :>is that the C6 ZO6 gets 24 MPG, the C6 Auto Coupe gets 25 mpg, and :>> the :>> :>>> :>C6 Manual gets 26 MPG. :>> :>>>

:>> :>>> Husband and I averaged 29mpg last summer on a trip from Maryland to :>> Rhode :>> :>>> Island. :>> :>>>

:>> :>>> When the Corvette has so many other things to brag about, why would :>> :>>> anyone :>> :>>> lie about the gas mileage? :>> :>>>

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:>> :>>> On 21 Apr 2008 17:09:52 -0700, Jose Gaspar :>> in :>> :>>>

:>> :>>> Message-ID: wrote: :>> :>>>

:>> :>>> :> you never got above an E-5... I did that in a little over one :>> year in :>> :>>> the Army... :>> :>>

:>> :>> Totally agree. I'm not a fan of most domestic cars, but the Corvette :>> :>> is definitely an exception. For a 500 hp, 7.0 liter vehicle to be able :>> :>> to get 24 to 29 MPG, that is impressive. That technology should be :>> :>> sprinkled throughout the product range. The new Malibu seems to be a a :>> :>> sign that (FINALLY!) GM is waking up and really thinking about the :>> :>> whole prodcut line, not just the king Corvette. :>> :>>

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:>> :>> CD :>> :>>

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That's really far better than I expected. You don't get much better with performance I4 machines. Some time ago I owned a Honda Prelude and while I did get close to 30 on the road, if you ran it hard 20-24 was about it around town.

Ummm.... 24 not all that bad... but I wouldn't mention the 12mpg gas hog as a way of justifying the 24 :-)

Still, I have trouble believing that most guys driving 'vettes are getting 24mpg. Maybe the gray haired old men who bought it for looks and in a vain attempt to feel young again. If you own a 'vette, you ought to _drive_ it.

I guess I am out of touch with my club in that I am not impressed with any vette newer than about 1971. Only about 5 of us in a club of 100 with exclusively older cars.

Hopefully with this new gas mileage requirement GM will see fit to put a

7500 rpm redline V8 of about 4.5 liter capacity with overhead cams, 4 valves per, direct injection and variable intake and exhaust timing.

I am not too impressed with the technical aspects of a pushrod 7 liter with a supercharger for the new ZR1 (no variable valve timing and only 2 valves per cylinder). Pure crudeness at $100,000 per.

Vito

Where have you been? Have your head in the sand? You're only about

35 years too late now to make these statements. Next you're going to tell me to shut off my electricity for Green Day. BS.

It wasn't an attempt to justify it, it was a comparison that 4.6 AWD gets half the MPG of a 5.7 in a car that I do in fact drive -- occasionally like I stole it. Still averages out to ~24.

Well I don't take it to the Race Track & we do have the Po-Po who act as Traffic Enforcement & Revenue generation division.

Pontiac, MI - At 1:15:42 AM Friday, General motors Corp. (GM) said that they have completed SAE certification of the ZR1's supercharged LS9 V-8 and the results exceed the estimate: 638 horsepower or 476 kW and 604 lb.-ft. of torque or 819 Nm!!

Not to bad for the KISS system. Actually it's a 6.2 liter supercharged V-8, but who's counting.

Know anything about physics or aerodynamics? Overdrive w/very low cruising RPM, an engine that doesn't have to strain the least to get it down the road, very aerodynamic, light relative weight........... pretty self evident......

It isn't the sand where you will find the head of that jerkoff.