Don't believe Corvette owners lies about supposed fuel economy

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.

:>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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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.

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

It isn't the sand where you will find the head of that j****ff.

It's been part of engineering degrees in UK since the early '80s. My final year dissertation in '82 was on renewable energy sources.

Trouble is that it's been at a premium cost and very few have been willing to pay for it. Now energy is expensive it's making sense economically.

My '95 LT1, automatic trans gets 13-15 in the city, 20-22 mpg on the interstate running a steady 80 mph with the cruise control engaged. (20 mpg with the AC on, 22 mpg with the AC off.)

Pretty damned good for a 14 year old car with a stock 350 - it has almost

Well folks, this *IS* the truth. '98 roadster. On the highway w cruse set somewhere between 65 & 70 to FL and back to OH the 2,200 mile average was 30.21.

Sledge Hammer wrote:

I believe you. Most mid to large sized cars get about that on the highway if they have the correct gearing. It's in urban driving with stop lights where they fall far behind smaller engined vehicles.

Yup. It takes a lot of fuel to wear out brake pads.

-- pj

The Vette really surprises me in urban driving as well. Not 100% sure as I've never really followed it but I think I'm getting something like

Actually it the mass required to be accelerated and how quickly it's done that determines urban mileage. Since the piss-ant engines in the smaller engined vehicles aren't capable of accelerating anything quickly it's simply more difficult to get poor mileage, but the people who buy them typically haven't a clue about what goes on under the hood anyway.

The Prius runs the AC off the battery.

I checked out the Malibu hybrid and noted that the mileage was not good compared to the Camry - now I know why. The Malibu hybrid has no electrical comp>>>