...runs great on regular gas.
Posted on 04/12/2017 7:37:55 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
“2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 performance coupe with an eight-speed automatic transmission delivers 13 mpg in city driving”
That’s better than a Ford Expedition. An older one, anyway.
Does it have a 200 gallon tank as an accessory?
“That’s better than a Ford Expedition. An older one, anyway.”
I just made a round trip to Carmel, CA and back (about 250 miles) in a 2013 Avalanche. Computer said 18.9 mpg. But these cars are about as aerodynamic as a brick. The Corvettes have very low drag coefficients. You can see that when you are coasting to a stop. There just isn’t much drag.
That’s why I never used ECO Mode again when I owned the Stingray.
I was doing everything I could do to keep the ECO Gauge 100% Green just to see how much MPG I could squeeze out of the Car...
Once was enough for me. It was the longest 50 Miles I’ve ever driven.
My computer was reading 10 mpg and change. I checked using the old method and got 12.3.
I wonder if they replaced the glove box with a spare underwear box?
It’s got Air Conditioning.
I saw the picture and wondered why they would put AC in a drag car.
It uses AC cooled air to increase the intake air density charge.
I’ve never seen that before.
http://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/8781/dodge-challenger-srt-demon-uses-the-ac-to-cool-the-engine
Ed
Whaaaat?
The Viper is a LOT better looking. And it has two more cylinders...you can never have enough cylinders!
The 16 year old version of you wouldn’t have made it 17 if Dad had given you the keys to this beast.
I just bought a 2014 Expedition with 26k on the clock. It’s the last V8 model they make. Still getting about 13.5 mpg, same as my 2004 V8 Expedition got.
...runs great on regular gas.
Raffle me a new one.
A bit slower at 0-60 in 2.8 seconds but not bad for four cylinders.
NASCAR is a pathetic shell of what used to be - but at least I'm old enough to remember Ford 427 Cammers vs Chrysler 426 Hemis on Sunday
WTH else is there to do during caution laps?
Thank the CAFE standards, courtesy of the US Government, for much of that...
Those standards have forced the auto manufacturers to use lighter materials (I kid you not, my Toyota Corolla had styrofoam bumbers!) and build cars smaller, which reduce crumple zones.
The one thing that CAFE standards haven't been able to reduce are the laws of Newtonian Physics, lighter, smaller vehicles are inherently less safe than larger, heavier ones.
Said Toyota Corolla had a collision in a parking lot at less than 5 MPH, causing nearly $2500 of damage. A 1970 Mercury Marquis I once drove hit a barrier post at nearly 15 MPH caused cosmetic damage. People could walk away from much greater impacts due to the larger crumple zones, which reduced the force of the collision, due to reduced acceleration of the impact.
Mark
A lot of these "Supercars" have multiple driving modes, such as reduced power (for bad weather.) Some even come with multiple keys... If you have one key, it enables full power. With the "family" key, it remaps the engine parameters.
Mark
I remember the one season where Richard Petty drove the Hemi Superbird before NASCAR banned it for the aerodynamics.
Mark
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