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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:28 PM
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What kind of gas milage are you getting ?
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:39 PM
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Ave about 23 combined...long trips on the highway are 28ish
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 07:40 PM
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same here even with mods!

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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 08:11 PM
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same here even with mods!

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My DCI says 16.5 ! Is there something wrong? Btw I don't have a heavy foot either !
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 08:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ghostRder
My DCI says 16.5 ! Is there something wrong? Btw I don't have a heavy foot either !
With a decent amount of stop and go, I will see about 15 - 16mpg. My normal mixture of city/highway (about 40/60) gets me between 20 and 22mpg depending on how I drive.

Hope that helps
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 08:38 PM
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Almost 28 on a recent 1200 mile trip. The DIC says 20.5 for 12k miles and it is driven...
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 09:46 PM
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On the Hot Rod Power Tour, I got 27 on one tank and 28 on another. That was my last long trip. Around town usually less than 20 due to a little spirited driving................
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 10:38 PM
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Hi ghostRder -

I have kept a spreadsheet on my Z06 since new - after 32K miles and several trips to the drag strip, and a lead-footed driver ( )

I am averaging a tick under 20 mpg for the entire time.

It's a doggone economy car!

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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 11:00 PM
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Around town I'm averaging just a tick under 20 mpg, but on the highway I always get about 29-32 (averaged 32 on my 5100 mile odyssey this summer!). I definitely get less mileage than in my coupe, but overall I get soooo much more from the car, so it's a tradeoff I'm comfortable with
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Old Sep 14, 2004 | 11:13 PM
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15/16 In town and 31 Hwy if I'm a good boy. My milage before the H/C was 27.5 - 28 hwy
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 08:26 AM
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I get about 27 highway and 14 city, this is the best hotrod I'veever owned.
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 10:47 AM
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I'm getting about 18 combined driving and about 28 at 80mph on the highway(or anywhere else for that matter)!
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 11:12 AM
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I filled mine up last May when I bought it, and I haven't added gas yet!

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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by SJRAMROD
I'm getting about 18 combined driving and about 28 at 80mph on the highway(or anywhere else for that matter)!
My numbers exactly, only with Magnusson s/c.

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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 12:32 PM
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I filled mine up last May when I bought it, and I haven't added gas yet!
You haven't had to add gas yet???

If you only bought it to look at, a picture would have been a lot cheaper! I bought mine to drive every day and I love driving it!
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 07:19 PM
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18-19 for daily work commute and 28-30 on interstate trips when cruise is set to 69mph.
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Old Sep 15, 2004 | 08:25 PM
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I'm getting over 20 Mpg, I drive like I stole it every time I get in it, And it's got 560 horses! How do you miss????
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 08:10 AM
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Around town I get about 20 MPH. Took a road trip to MI this last August (Woodward Cruise) and got a multiple results. When I got caught in road construction (cruising at 60) I got 29.7 MPH. When I did not have to deal with road construction (cruising at 75) I got 27.5. If the AC was running I got about 2 MPG less under each condition. The mileage I get with this car amazes me.
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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 08:49 AM
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Same as my 99 MN6 17-19 city and 26 to 28 highway. I did conduct the same test on the Z that I did on my 99 to see just how much MPG I could extract from the Z using every trick in the book, yet drive the car and yet be easily repeatable.

I filled up at a service station near an on ramp to IL 70 near Highland IL. I aired my tires to 32 cold before I left home. I ran the AC to keep the aero drag down. I then proceeded to Effingham about 65 miles north on IL-70. I set the cruise at 68 MPH and tried my best to keep from braking and making lane changes. I exited IL-70 in Effingham and turned around and got back on IL-70 south heading back towards St Louis. I pulled into the same service station I tanked up using the exact fill technique (allow the fuel to flow until it shut off and added no more). Since I zeroed my Trip A odometer I divided the actual miles driven (128.4) by the actual number of gallons used (4.2) my actual highway fuel mileage was - 30.57 MPG.

I was stunned, my modded (425HP) 2003 Z06 managed over 30 MPG and it was very easily accomplished and I'm sure I could have extracted a tad more had I driven a longer distance.

These cars are incredible.

But like the window sticker warns "your mileage may vary".

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Old Sep 16, 2004 | 03:43 PM
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20mpg on my last tank. Getting on it frequently (feeling out the new Head/Cam setup), A/C on ALL the time, and 2 dyno runs, and ALL city driving. Insane huh??

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