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

On a 30 mile highway near my home, I indicated 36 MPG at 60 MPH, 6th gear, 
with one passenger.  At 70 it dropped to 33.

I think GM needs to look at power to weight ratios and gear ratios to get 
some economy in the dogs they sell.  A high overdrive in a 7-spd automatic

transmission would go a long way to cutting fuel expenses.

While I am on this rant, I drove my 2000 Ford Ranger (V6 Flex Fuel, FWD,
24 
MPG highway) to Strasburg, PA for a conference.  We have NO Ethanol E-85 
stations in Northern Virginia.  I found an E-85 station in Strasburg,
filled 
up on E-85 at $2.50 per gallon and got 23 MPG highway.  Something is wrong

with the oil companies in Northern Virginia - wonder if they are keeping
the 
bio-fuel people out?

Bob
2000 C5

"Sal" <jackwhite200@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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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.
> It costs well over $5 just to drive 25 in gas alone on top of the wear
> and tear due to HORRIBLE GM reliability and expense of spare parts. On
> top of that you have to use premium gas in a Corvette. 26 MPG with
> premium gas is like 20 MPG with regular gas.
> Even GM's crappy 5,500 lbs Tahoe Hybrid costs $4 to drive $25 miles
> which is way better than the Corvette. Driving a Corvette is like
> throwing your money away at the OPEC Casino. I have more respect even
> for a Hybrid SUV owner than a Saudi Royal Family funding, Air
> Polluting Corvette Driver.
> If more people drove sensable cars instead of gas guzzlers then we
> wouldn't be in this war right now. Corvettes and SUVs cause wars.
> Instead of driving Corvettes and SUVs, people should drive Hybrids and
> station wagons and spend those trillions saved from no wars to educate
> children, house the homeless, feed the poor, etc.
>
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