Re: Don't believe Corvette owners lies about supposed fuel economy

On Apr 22, 12:52=A0am, Sarah Czepiel <ninety...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:20:57 -0700 (PDT), Sal <jackwhite...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> :>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.
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> Husband and I averaged 29mpg last summer on a trip from Maryland to
Rhode
> Island. =A0
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> When the Corvette has so many other things to brag about, why would
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> lie about the gas mileage? =A0
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> On 21 Apr 2008 17:09:52 -0700, Jose Gaspar <Jose_mem...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> :> you never got above an E-5... =A0I did that in a little over one year
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n the Army...

Oh please, that's nothing to brag about. The 2006 Honda Insight is
rated @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 45 City and 48 Highway, but with proper driving it gets 121.7
MPG. http://corporate.honda.com/press/article.aspx?id=3D281

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 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 60 MPG, 40 MPG @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 42 MPH, and 45 MPG @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 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 @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 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.
http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z13850/Porsche_911_GT2.aspx