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Apr 19, 2026 | 08:41 PM

Shane1974

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Going green

I get about 6 mpg. Today I decided to fix that by installing a new license plate frame.

Apr 19, 2026 | 09:29 PM

Steve_R

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6 mpg?

Apr 19, 2026 | 09:36 PM

calvins

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SIX?!? Something is SERIOUSLY WRONG with your car man!!!

Apr 19, 2026 | 09:55 PM

Shane1974

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SIX?!? Something is SERIOUSLY WRONG with your car man!!!

Nothing wrong with it. Runs very well. E85 burns quickly.

Apr 19, 2026 | 10:03 PM

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Nothing wrong with it. Runs very well. E85 burns quickly.

I know exactly what you mean! I average about 11mpg. Smiles per gallon are better than miles per gallon.

Apr 19, 2026 | 10:17 PM

Shane1974

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I know exactly what you mean! I average about 11mpg. Smiles per gallon are better than miles per gallon.

Absolutely! I might get that with some highway. I posted as a joke to see who would get it. I don't think the smiles will ever go away.

Apr 20, 2026 | 01:13 AM

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Absolutely! I might get that with some highway. I posted as a joke to see who would get it. I don't think the smiles will ever go away.

People on here prefer to drive their V8s like a an oldsmobile for max mpg

Apr 20, 2026 | 06:47 AM

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E85 is usually 20-30% less fuel mileage than gasoline but 6 mpg seems really low

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Apr 20, 2026 | 08:03 AM

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People on here prefer to drive their V8s like a an oldsmobile for max mpg

You know how everyone here drives? Interesting…

Apr 20, 2026 | 09:01 AM

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E85 is usually 20-30% less fuel mileage than gasoline but 6 mpg seems really low

yeah on the street this makes no sense to get mileage that low even with E85.
On a track sure, but I don't know how you could even do that aside from pulling a parachute or something.

I get about 15 or so in mine and I get on it hard every chance I get.

Apr 20, 2026 | 10:46 AM

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People on here prefer to drive their V8s like a an oldsmobile for max mpg

Not me!

Apr 20, 2026 | 11:37 AM

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Not me!

me neither

and there's no way that dude gets 6 mpg
I'd like to see that on the display for the trip meter

Apr 20, 2026 | 01:20 PM

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If you can afford the car, run what the manual calls for. Why spend all that $ on the car and then cheap out a pittance on gas? Makes ZERO sense!!!

Apr 20, 2026 | 01:26 PM

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If you can afford the car, run what the manual calls for. Why spend all that $ on the car and then cheap out a pittance on gas? Makes ZERO sense!!!

is somebody suggesting not running the fuel the car is meant to use?

Apr 20, 2026 | 02:01 PM

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If it were me, I would take it off. Some of those extreme green people do not have a sense of humor.

Apr 20, 2026 | 03:39 PM

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If you can afford the car, run what the manual calls for. Why spend all that $ on the car and then cheap out a pittance on gas? Makes ZERO sense!!!

I don't own stock sports cars. I like HP. My motor was built to run on E85 and I enjoy all 1000 ponies. I certainly haven't cheaped out on anything at all. Quite the contrary.

Apr 20, 2026 | 03:40 PM

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If it were me, I would take it off. Some of those extreme green people do not have a sense of humor.

Probably right if I go out of town with it. Fortunately there are not many of those people in these parts.

Apr 20, 2026 | 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Shane1974

I don't own stock sports cars. I like HP. My motor was built to run on E85 and I enjoy all 1000 ponies. I certainly haven't cheaped out on anything at all. Quite the contrary.

How about some pics of your Corvette?

Apr 20, 2026 | 03:57 PM

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If you are hitting 1K hp, then I can see the 6 mpg number.

Apr 20, 2026 | 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Shane1974

Probably right if I go out of town with it. Fortunately there are not many of those people in these parts.

Good news is, most die hard environmentalists are painfully misinformed and uneducated on what actually constitutes a "green" energy solution, so despite you getting
dismal fuel mileage you can still simply tell those morons that it's 85% ethanol and they'll think that makes it good. Even say it makes 1000 hp, they won't understand what that means.

Kind of like people driving an 11,000 pound EV Hummer that's basically the antithesis of a green solution

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