Best Corvette MPG??
08-07-2006, 03:57 PM
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Best Corvette MPG??
I was on the highway for a couple hours the other day and got the average MPG up to 27.1 , can anyone beat that? I've got a 2000 Couple automatic.
08-07-2006, 04:07 PM
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Highest I've seen in mine has been 33.5 mpg on a trip to Nashville. Generally I get 30+ on almost all highway trips.
08-07-2006, 04:08 PM
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how about 99.0 going downhill?
I have seen instantaneous sustained over about 5-6 miles of 32+ on flat stretches at 75 mp.
My current highway and city combined is 26.8 over the last 6 tankfulls.
the question is ... how accurate are the DIC readings?
I have seen instantaneous sustained over about 5-6 miles of 32+ on flat stretches at 75 mp.
My current highway and city combined is 26.8 over the last 6 tankfulls.
the question is ... how accurate are the DIC readings?
08-07-2006, 04:12 PM
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Same here
Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Highest I've seen in mine has been 33.5 mpg on a trip to Nashville. Generally I get 30+ on almost all highway trips.
08-07-2006, 04:16 PM
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The best I've ever got was 28.5 mpg going to Dallas a couple of years ago.
08-07-2006, 04:44 PM
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Last week I went to Cincy and back. I got 29.8 mpg running 75 to 80. It was 97 degrees that day and I ran the AC real hard.
My MN6 usually gets 30 to 32 on the highway and 20 to 22 around town.
My MN6 usually gets 30 to 32 on the highway and 20 to 22 around town.
08-07-2006, 05:36 PM
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With the 427 (LPE) I got 28.4 (DFW to Bowling Green
The S/O got 29+ on that same trip She hase the LPE H/C + 4:10's
Average speed was 75mph.
I love these Vettes
The S/O got 29+ on that same trip
She hase the LPE H/C + 4:10's Average speed was 75mph.
I love these Vettes
08-07-2006, 06:56 PM
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filled the tank in my 98 6 sp ...
got on 81 South set the cruise at 75 then boasted it to 82 because I was being run over ...
traveled 420 miles with a couple fo rest area stops...then refilled the tank...
Got 31.9 mpg ...
82 mph and still racked up 31.9 mph...told the wife
I must have been bucking a headwind..
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got on 81 South set the cruise at 75 then boasted it to 82 because I was being run over ...
traveled 420 miles with a couple fo rest area stops...then refilled the tank...
Got 31.9 mpg ...
82 mph and still racked up 31.9 mph...told the wife
I must have been bucking a headwind..
Bob G.
08-08-2006, 01:10 AM
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I calculated 26.1 mpg for my 2004 A4 2.73 coupe on a 3550 mile trip from L.A. to Yellowstone and Glacier N.P.'s. All on 91 octane. That included all the siteseeing and some gridlock in L.A. Best tank was a hare under 30 mpg in Nevada. Lowest was about 23.5 for tooling around Yellowstone.
08-08-2006, 01:35 AM
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I get about 27 to 31 depending on the city driving. Since I got my Vette some people at work asked me how I'm doing with the rising fuel costs and I tell them my Vette gets great fuel milage. They cant believe it when I show them my wifes Scion xB mpg vs. my Vettes mpg. It's almost the same.
08-08-2006, 05:45 AM
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Are all these MPG numbers coming from your guy's DICs? My goodness that sounded naughty! 
Or are you actually calculating miles driven by how much gas you are replacing in your tanks? I, like most single women do not trust DICs too much... 
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
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Or are you actually calculating miles driven by how much gas you are replacing in your tanks? I, like most single women do not trust DICs too much... (Sorry, couldn't resist)Tim
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08-08-2006, 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by rws.1
My current highway and city combined is 26.8 over the last 6 tankfulls.
the question is ... how accurate are the DIC readings?
the question is ... how accurate are the DIC readings?
08-08-2006, 11:07 AM
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On a 100 mile stretch between TorC and ABQ I was getting 33 MPG at 85MPH with the AC on in my 99 6-spd. This was after putting in Z06 (243) heads. Best I did with my old heads was 29-30.
Don't ask me why the Z06 heads give better MPG, but they do (at least on my FI car) and I also saw 1-2 MPG better around town.
Don't ask me why the Z06 heads give better MPG, but they do (at least on my FI car) and I also saw 1-2 MPG better around town.
08-08-2006, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by nyurdrms
I was on the highway for a couple hours the other day and got the average MPG up to 27.1 , can anyone beat that? I've got a 2000 Couple automatic.
