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Old 07-23-2017, 01:26 AM
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Default How to get better MPG in the C6? What is your average MPG?
i've been leaving my info display to show MPG, and im usually hitting around 17.2 MPG. i noticed in the wintertime in CA, i would get 18+ Driving most city sometimes highway. There used to be so many infomercials back in the day for a product called zmaxx. But I never see them anymore maybe it was a gimmick

I run stp fuel injector cleaning every oil change
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I didn't buy it for gas mileage. Thats what a Civic is for. It gets what it gets.
 
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Work commute from home 24 mpg
Weekend drive to visit wife mid 30s (seems like 32-33 one way and 36-38 other way) yes one way is downhill and other uphill
Work commute from rental 5mpg
Typically on the display... 22 as long as it's been a day since visiting the wife.
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I didn't buy it for gas mileage. Thats what a Civic is for. It gets what it gets.
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Work commute from home 24 mpg
Weekend drive to visit wife mid 30s (seems like 32-33 one way and 36-38 othaer way) yes one way is downhill and other uphill
Work commute from rental 5mpg
Typically on the display... 22 as long as it's been a day since visiting the wife.
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15mpg and climbing little by little. All city driving and no hot-rodding.
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My '06 Z06 661 HP with this kind of mileage the ricers can suck it! I took this coming home from a car show on the interstate last winter.


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When does it end with these threads. There was just one the other day with the same people in it!

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...erage-mpg.html
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Just finished a 2500 mile trip and got 26.5 miles per gallon, I'm very happy with that.
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Originally Posted by actright562
i've been leaving my info display to show MPG, and im usually hitting around 17.2 MPG. i noticed in the wintertime in CA, i would get 18+
2007 LS2 A6 24 MPG Highway calculating actual fuel used and distance traveled instead indicated on DIC.
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I didn't buy it for gas mileage. Thats what a Civic is for. It gets what it gets.


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Originally Posted by Vet Interested
I didn't buy it for gas mileage. Thats what a Civic is for. It gets what it gets.

Still gotta fill it up when its empty, not going to get better mileage than GM did. If its that big a deal sell the car ya cant afford it.
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Last time I checked, I got about 22 miles per smile
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My mileage is so great sometimes I have to stop and siphon out a gallon or it overflows.

No but seriously, 7 gears in a narrow-gated shifter and some computerized mechanicals that cuts out cylinders to go haywire and need repair$ is part of why I didn't get a C7. If MPG was my thing I'd have a diesel
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2011 GS and get 22-23 around town and 25-26 on the road (if I behave)
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0 mpg. It gets what it gets when it gets it. Depending on wind speed and direction, uphill or downhill or flat, how hard/fast I push on the skinny pedal, etc, etc, etc. Who cares??? Sorry, end of rant.
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Originally Posted by pokerpro
My '06 Z06 661 HP with this kind of mileage the ricers can suck it! I took this coming home from a car show on the interstate last winter.


Assuming you no longer have the stock fuel injectors, how is the DIC computing MPG. What was the adjustment in the tune?

Reason I am asking, I no longer have the stock fuel injectors and I know my DIC is off.
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0 mpg. It gets what it gets when it gets it. Depending on wind speed and direction, uphill or downhill or flat, how hard/fast I push on the skinny pedal, etc, etc, etc. Who cares??? Sorry, end of rant.


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When does it end with these threads. There was just one the other day with the same people in it!

https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...erage-mpg.html
A member for three weeks and already complaining about topics?

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Originally Posted by Mike's LS3
Assuming you no longer have the stock fuel injectors, how is the DIC computing MPG. What was the adjustment in the tune?

Reason I am asking, I no longer have the stock fuel injectors and I know my DIC is off.
Stock injectors because it's NA.
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A member for three weeks and already complaining about topics?

Didn't any body teach you that complaining about people that complain...I guess not.
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