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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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Most people don't realize just how good of mileage C4's get. ZR-1 = 27+. L98 = 30+ (your results may vary )
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 06:21 PM
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Gas keeps going up.

Jimmy Carter must be happy to finally get off the skyline........
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by zr1fred
L98 = 30+ (your results may vary )
who told you that? my window sticker says 16 city, 24 highway. in practice i get worse than that because i'm on the gas pedal, alot.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by redvette6spd
Tornado must have called no mention in the first post
me? nope. i live in PA. bigger problem -- its an A4, which immediately and automatically assigns an intrinsic value of exactly $0.00 in my book.
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Tornado
who told you that? my window sticker says 16 city, 24 highway. in practice i get worse than that because i'm on the gas pedal, alot.
After 10 years, Thats with the cruise control and new O2 sensors. I never get 25 MPH in mine. Funny, my 92 with 195K miles would give me 26 MPH @ 70 MPH. Maybe it was the rear axle, 2.59
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Old Feb 4, 2008 | 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by cmcbunch
You gotta love california. No value to a dollar. If you arent scared of work then there is no C4 vette that is junk(unless its just horribly abused). Also nothing wrong with the 4L60E trans. Had one in a camaro with manual valve body eating up vettes on the highway. But 7k for a car with 140k miles?! Wow. I agree with you guys about the next 1975 coming up. I have a friend that scored an 85 jeep grand wagoneer with 35k miles for 500 bucks because no one in cali will buy it (10mpg)! I'm so jealous.
what is that?........I have experienced that before.................... oh yeah its !!!!!!!!!! Those only had 5 digit odos, could be 235,000 miles! Considering inflation we should be paying atleast $5 a gallon for gas right now. Gas was more expensive in the early eighties then today compared dollar to dollar!!!!
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by tcr75
what is that?........I have experienced that before.................... oh yeah its !!!!!!!!!! Those only had 5 digit odos, could be 235,000 miles! Considering inflation we should be paying atleast $5 a gallon for gas right now. Gas was more expensive in the early eighties then today compared dollar to dollar!!!!
I've always heard that gas was more expensive in the 80's but I don't get it.

Does that mean that a 1100 sgft home in Santa Cruz listed for $700,000 is a bargain? And it was more expensive in the 80's after adjusted for inflation?

In 1980 you could've bought that same house for $70,000.
Does that mean that $70,000 now has the buying power of $700,000?

Adjusted for inflation means that ExxonMobils record profits are not really adjusted for inflation really record profits?

If thats the case then the $111,000,000 a day profit is really only $11,000,000 a day?
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Old Feb 5, 2008 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by arizonaames269
To each his own....I prefer Auto. Would not own another stick. I guess that is why they invented automatics....for me!!!

In C4s anyway.

When I bought my '71, the first thing on my list of "must have" items was it had to be a 4spd.
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