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

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:15:41 GMT, still just me
<wheeledBobNOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:

>On Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:59:05 -0400, Zomby-Woof@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
>>>
>>Sheeeit, wife has an `05 Lincoln Aviator AWD with the Ford 4.6.  The
>>average on that bitch (vehicle not wife) is @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 best 12/13.  My C4 is
>>pretty much a constant 24 with a 5.7. 
>
>Ummm.... 24 not all that bad... but I wouldn't mention the 12mpg gas
>hog as a way of justifying the 24 :-) 
>
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.

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