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speedlink 05-20-2013 05:03 PM


Originally Posted by BlueOx (Post 1583919336)
Too much effort to make it happen at this time and given how little availability of E85 there is.

Please, please, keep it that way! Or take it away entirely. What a waste of oil. To produce a gallon of gas that is, with ethanol in it.

SBC_and_a_stick 05-20-2013 05:49 PM


Originally Posted by LS3_E85_Corvette (Post 1583946369)
:iagree:

To my point earlier... They know the engine can run on E85 but it would threaten Z06 owners if they did. They are just protecting their prized car which I think is a little crazy suggesting it would only help sell the car to younger buyers. Younger people LOVE E85 :thumbs:

Yeah, it makes no sense to me why it's not flex fuel. Fuel economy matters even less in a sports application. Part of me wants to say this is about cost cutting. E85 capability didn't make the cut for 52k asking price. In the truck application it may be that the drivers use E85 often enough to make it a necessity. With the Covette cost of implementation was too high for the given user base.

Jawnathin 05-20-2013 07:07 PM


Originally Posted by LS3_E85_Corvette (Post 1583946369)
:iagree:

To my point earlier... They know the engine can run on E85 but it would threaten Z06 owners if they did. They are just protecting their prized car which I think is a little crazy suggesting it would only help sell the car to younger buyers. Younger people LOVE E85 :thumbs:

I've read some of your other posts and while I generally agree with your opinion and find them to be thoughtful, I think you're completely off on this one.

With all due respect, are you really that naive to believe that E85 wasn't added because they're protecting the Z06? What good reason do they have to protecting a car they don't even make anymore?

There is no protection here. There is no evidence to suggest anything like that. They're going to do everything they can to pitch and motivate buyers to the C7 because that is what they're going to be selling moving forward.

The car's capabilities are simply what they are and to blame it because you think it would be competitive with an older model is for a lack of a better word, fanboy-ism.

Plus, even with E85, a C7 still would be slower than a Z06.

BlueOx 05-20-2013 07:25 PM


Originally Posted by Jawnathin (Post 1583949601)
The car's capabilities are simply what they are and to blame it because you think it would be competitive with an older model is for a lack of a better word, fanboy-ism.

Plus, even with E85, a C7 still would be slower than a Z06.

Fanboy-ism right back at ya.:rofl:

Jawnathin 05-20-2013 07:37 PM


Originally Posted by BlueOx (Post 1583949765)
Fanboy-ism right back at ya.:rofl:

Um, nope. And despite your shot at me, that wasn't meant to be derogatory towards LS3_E85. As I said, it was used because I couldn't think of a better word.

However, there is actual logic behind my statement, unlike just having faith in a feature or capability that doesn't exist.

That blind faith is what makes the E85 claim fanboy-ish.

BlueOx 05-20-2013 07:46 PM


Originally Posted by Jawnathin (Post 1583949890)
Um, nope. And despite your shot at me, that wasn't meant to be derogatory towards LS3_E85. As I said, it was used because I couldn't think of a better word.

However, there is actual logic behind my statement, unlike just having faith in a feature or capability that doesn't exist.

That blind faith is what makes the E85 claim fanboy-ish.

Fanboy-ism isn't a shot at you any more than it was a shot at LS3_E85.:D
Note the bolded text...

Jawnathin 05-20-2013 08:04 PM


Originally Posted by BlueOx (Post 1583949963)
Fanboy-ism isn't a shot at you any more than it was a shot at LS3_E85.:D
Note the bolded text...

Right :rolleyes:

What about the bold text? I know exactly what I said and I know what point you're trying to make.

Once again, the difference is that there is actual logic behind my statement and it does not rely on having faith in a feature or capability that doesn't exist.

Now, do you have anything meaningful to add or are you going to continue to try to debate semantics?


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