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

"Sarah Czepiel" <ninety7gt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 19:20:57 -0700 (PDT), Sal <jackwhite200@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> wrote:
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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.
>
> Husband and I averaged 29mpg last summer on a trip from Maryland to
Rhode
> Island.

Surprising! Things must have changed since the day I owned Vettes.  My 71 
454 4 speed with a 3.08 rear could never get better than 16 running around

80.  In town, it was near 10.

>
> 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 <Jose_member@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> :> you never got above an E-5...  I did that in a little over one year
in 
> the Army...