storxusmc

As you all know I'm new to vettes and I just drove my new to me 2009 vette from albuquerque, NM to colorado springs,co and when I arrived it said I averaged 33.1mpg...or is this extremely off....

vettedoogie

And how did you measure that?
The DIC?

cthusker

I no longer look!

Kwagnerhvac

I would have my odometer checked.

Mike Campbell

If you drive reasonalbly and stick to 55-70 mph...it's absolutely possible. I got 29.3 with 2600 miles to Florida & back...and that included city and open highway drive plus about a half hour idling in a bad rain storm. All the time with the air on and that was in an A6. My best stretch was 31.3 between Tampa & Gainsville.

b0xm0ns73r

My bet is that it is right, or at least pretty dern close. I drove from Pagosa Springs, CO to Moab, UT a couple weeks ago and I got a little over 30mpg. And that tank had a few miles of just cruising around town on it. I figured mine with a good ole calculator. There are several hills, curves, and small towns on that trip, at least until you get out of Delores.
Mine's an A6

Amazing isn't it? That much horsepower and that gooda mpg As long as you keep your foot out of it

I once drove from Durango, CO to Silverton, Ouray, Montrose on the Million Dollar Highway, and then to Gunnison, Crested Butte, back to Gunnison, Lake City, Creede, South Fork, to Pagosa Springs and got over 27mpg. And anybody that has ever driven that route knows how many fun curves and hills there are on that jouney.
The Million Dollar Highway/US550 is a BLAST in a Vette.


Enjoy the car!

50MileSmile

On one trip last summer, my DIC showed 32.1 - confirmed (within a few 10ths) by mpg calculation after the fill-up.

And then I promised myself to never drive that way again!

Randy_medion

I got exactly the same on a 100 mile trip, an AVERAGE of 33.1mpg with the a/c on, '07 a6 2.56 speeds between 65-75mph

vettedoogie

I'd be very surprised to see this if much of that was mountain driving.
I've gotten 31 in my '05 MN6 (3.42) vert over a 6 hr trip in the midwest. Measured, not DIC.

petermj

This seems to be off for LS3 unless you never touched the gas pedal and followed right behind a semi the entire way, portions of the way being towed.

petermj

LS3 gets worse fuel economy due to the fact it is larger in displacement and more addictive in the gas pedal department. I have seen my fuel gauge needle drop as I was watching it. 200 mile with half mountain and half freeway gave me about 25.

Raazor

i got like 90 miles per gallone once. jus sayin

vettedoogie

Is a gallone a Montanan unit?

petermj

And what MPG did the tow truck get?

b0xm0ns73r

I think it's a measurement related to pie.......

Daekwan06

1132 miles from the dealer in Kansas to my home near Wash, DC. 75-80mph.. averaged 28.5 on the entire trip which includes all the hill & mountains in Kentucky & West VA.

Raazor

this

planner

I routinely get 28+ on the relatively flat highways in the central valley and I don't baby it.

'07 A6

Mark

C-INRED

I often average over 30mpg in my '06 A6 and the mileage reported by the DIC is typically low by about 3/4 mpg.

Here is a thread I started with details...

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...vs-actual.html

FloydSummerOf68

If my mpg drops UNDER 30 mpg on my A6 LS2 on the freeway I get concerned, lol.