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I would love to know what is different from my 2016 2LT Z51 from everybody elses Corvette. I set cruise control to 73 miles per hour and travel 100+ miles on the PA turnpike and only average 26.2 MPG. in that 100 miles. It has 5,000 miles on it and the outside temperatures were in the 70's. How so many others claim to get 32+ MPG makes me wonder?
Is the turnpike very flat? My best mileage was on a long and pretty flat stretch of road. Also, what direction was the wind blowing? I was headed home from Bash in Bowling Green last year and ran head on into some major thunderstorms. With my biga$$ spoiler and that head wind, my MPG plummeted.
I filled up my car in Ramsey, NJ, put it in ECO mode, set the cruise control on my M7 @ 65 mph and drove it back to Chester, NY where I live. I think it was about a 25 mile highway stretch. By the time I got off the ramp in Chester, the computer said the car was averaging 31.5 mpg
What's the best sustained highway mpgs you have seen on your C7?. I think the car is good for 28-30 mpg+ if you use cruise control and keep speeds below say 75 mph most of the time.
Overall I tend to average 17-22 mpg depending on highway/local driving mix and how hard I hammer the car. I don't think I've ever seen it get less than 15 mpg on a tank. So for a full tank I guess the range I've seen is 15-23 mpg, usually right in between.
Curious about what others here have seen.
obvious question... were you in 7th gear? That seems low for running in 4 cylindermode. It is also much slower than the speed I recorded 42+ doing.
You guys are backwards thinkers. The best would be what your lowest MPG is. My "worst" is 21.5 during the break in period. I have "improved" on that though. My lifetime is 17.0
Where are you guys finding the lifetime MPG? I can't seem to find it on any of the dashboard modes. Did they eliminate it by 2018 and was only on earlier models?
When I drive to work, I can set my Z06 to ECO and get 24.0, give or take a couple tenths. On I've seen as high as 26.5. Hard to do though as there's a constant urge to give it more throttle.
Add our new 2018 Subaru AWD Crosstrek and it's a pretty ideal mix of cars. That Crosstrek just rocks. A tad underpowered, but who cares. Best AWD system I've ever driven in the snow (by far), 8.6" of ground clearance and the friggin car manages 30+ mpg in mixed driving, which is kind of amazing.
New best for me today! Here are the details, I had the cruise set to 60 mph (traffic was a bit heavy on the highway but moving the entire time) and I had the A8 in manual mode (so pure V8 the entire time, no V4) I am running Sunoco 93 with ethanol in it (I usually run ethanol free 91 octane gas from Costco or Shell in Ontario but I filled up my tank in Niagara Falls NY) The outside temp was in the mid 60s. I think I can crack over 40 MPG in pure V8 mode using ethanol free gas!
My best was 34 mpg on a 350 mile interstate highway stretch at 70-75 mph (using ECO mode). A friend was following me in his older Prius, and he only got 38! He was amazed....and pissed!
I usually get around 30mpg on the highway with cruise set at 5 over the speed limit.
Worst is in-town trips (with liberal use of the right pedal!), usually around 15-16.
Where are you guys finding the lifetime MPG? I can't seem to find it on any of the dashboard modes. Did they eliminate it by 2018 and was only on earlier models?
To clarify, there is no lifetime MPG. I was referring to my trip meter A that I have never reset.
To clarify, there is no lifetime MPG. I was referring to my trip meter A that I have never reset.
I had heard a few people on here mention their "lifetime MPG" so I thought that maybe that was a feature that got eliminated. I have reset both of my trip meters so I can't ever figure out my lifetime MPG now.
Where are you guys finding the lifetime MPG? I can't seem to find it on any of the dashboard modes. Did they eliminate it by 2018 and was only on earlier models?
My #2 position was never reset so it has the gas mileage for the life of the car
My #2 position was never reset so it has the gas mileage for the life of the car
I reset my #2 trip meter when I did my first oil change. I always use the second trip meter on my cars that way, and the first one is usually reset whenever I fill up with gas. We need a third trip meter!
04-18-2018, 05:22 PM
