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Old May 5, 2005 | 07:01 PM
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city? is it manual? my manual gets like 8.6. its probly how i drive, if i try i could get it up.
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25%-30% in-town (not exactly stop-n-go), 70%-75% between towns at 45-55 MPH. Automatic w 3.15 rear axle. Don't get on it very often.
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I am getting around 25 m.p.g. This is mostly freeway driving

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Who cares, if you want gas mileage get a Toyota Celica, not a Vette.
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Dunno - had the Vette for 2 months now - have yet to do anything average with it.
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26 mpg on 920 mile roadtrip - avg speed 73 mph ... through the hills in W.VA. for about 200 of those miles.
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Mine gets about 15% worse mileage than either of my C5's did in same driving conditions. The best I have seen in 100% highway driving (cruise set at 70mph) is 27.5 (the C5's would get 32 or so in the same driving). Around town I am getting about 20 (that includes a fair amount of freeway driving as well). These things can dip into to very low teens pretty easy if you drive "agressively".
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Z-51 Getting 15.7 around town. Less than I thought. Am very easy on car.
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Z-51, MN6, 21.5 mpg back and forth to work in Dallas traffic. I'll take that anyday in a car with this performance.
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PR Coupe A4, F55 = 21.3mph @ 41mph avg.
I think to get a truer indicator we should be listing our average speeds also. Obviously I do a lot of freeway/highway driving.
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6 sd. average around 20.5 with a mixture of about 50/50
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I just made a 600 mi trip in my Z51 6 spd and got 24.7 MPG. My buddy was with me in his '04 Z06 6 spd and he got 24.7 also. In my 99 auto that would have been about 28 - 29 MPG. Around town, I have been getting about 19 - 20 with a great deal of freeway driving.
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21.7 mixed 50/50 around town and interstate. That's since purchased with 2300 on the OD now. Better than I thought it would be, MN6,Z51.
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Default I will have to admit though on the freeway I drive between 55 and 65 mph
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21.7 mixed 50/50 around town and interstate. That's since purchased with 2300 on the OD now. Better than I thought it would be, MN6,Z51.
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I used to watch and gauge the gas mileage, but I bought this car for the performance and the looks. And, it is my weekend car. So, I really don't care anymore. If I burn an entire tank in one weekend, so be it. I had fun!
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MN6 Z51 with about 1400 on the ODO... I get between 19 & 22 navigating the 405 and PCH...
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