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That’s mighty impressive. How big was the downhill for you to get that?
![]() 09/22/2020 at 10:15 |
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That was over 440 miles, still had 4 gallons left when I filled up.
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I’ve seen upwards of 35 in my Camaro. Always fun to correct friends who assume it guzzles.
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Before buying my Volt I tried to convince my wife that a Corvette with a 6-speed was a legitimate option to save gas on a long commute compared to my 4-speed auto truck. It didn’t work, but I’m glad to see it being confirmed I was correct.
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Wow. That’s impressive. I remember getting close to 30 once in my GTO but never over.
I average about 23 in my GTI in mostly city driving (!)
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Why drive a hybrid when you coulda had a V8?
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Corvettes are surprisingly fuel efficient if you can stay out of the throttle on the highway. Hell I’m staring down 21 mpg in my Ram.
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It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a light, slippery body, tall gears, and an engine that makes enough torque to do interstate speeds
while turning under 2k RPM.
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Correct
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I averaged 25 mixed in my GTI. The highest I could ever get out of it was 30.4.
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Highway mpg can get truly impressive with the most surprising engines. I used to get closer to 30 than you would think possible on road trips in my RX-8.
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Two buddies with C7s... both regularly get into the 30s on highway driving sanely
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In my Golf I usually get somewhere between 8 and 37 mpg.
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Driving down to portland and back.
It’s crazy what performance cars can get when driven conservatively.
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but then you have to drive it like one... I think I see about 19-21 MPG avg with my LS3 C6. The loud pedal tempts me too much .
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better than anything I own, including the 3.8 liter V6 FWD sedan that only weighs 3800 lbs.
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It’s technically the most effecient thing in the family fleet, including a Pontiac Vibe GT and an Azera 3.3.
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Mixed driving I average 18. Following a Uhaul truck for 500 miles helped my average out a lot. That being said, this was all 70+ mph. It gets 27 at 85.
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Whats your Azera get? The 3.8 isn’t great on fuel AT ALL.
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High 20's on the highway. When it works.
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I got this (just over 40 freedomliters/kilo yard) out of my WRX recently because I had to drive about 50km to get gas and my range read 0 as I headed out (my brother had borrowed the car and left me with that). Hypermiling is a painful way to drive but it got me there; I got my normal ~25mpg on the way home.
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I got >30 mph on a 140 mile drive in my 1970 Datsun 240Z. Some say it’s impossible but if you drive 50-60 mph in top gear and avoid hard accelerations it’s quite easy.
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I think I have a lead foot because my 1.6T returns 12 L/100km which is around 20 mpg, I think. Then again, it's purely city driving, it's rare that I ever need to get on a highway (where I can get 7-8 L/100km depending on how much passing I do).
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30mpg and a 500mile range. Unbeatable roadtrip car
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I don’t know if this is the right forum to be saying this in...but my 2004 Prius (with 215,000 miles) still achieves 50 mpg during conservative driving and 58-60 mpg when I’m in “hyper mile” mode. This is the combined highway/city milage performance. (If anyone is interested I’ll let you know how my 2012 Prius V is doing :)
Maintenance? 2 sets of tires, synthetic oil change every 7,500 miles, trans fluid drain & fill twice and brake pads & shoes at 120,000 miles. Air and cabin filter wash and dry every 20,000 miles or so and replaced the 12v ignition battery ($107) at 155,000 miles. Least expensive car to own I ever had...and still runs like a good clock.
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I was being completely sarcastic lol. All cars are welcome here on Oppo though.
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Yup.