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No… this one is different.
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Rruuff Day said:
Fuel mileage is better than your 89 litres per 100km though... ;)
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Ha . That was yesterday! When I was down to 3/4 tank today on the highway it had dropped to 32 and by the time I got to Hinton 13.5 or so . Now at half tank . I suspect by the time I fuel it I should be looking at 10 or so . Until it’s fully broken in that is , lol. Two things I have determined that this vehicle would like. More turns in the road and a 160 kph speed limit…. :rolleyes:
 
1st Vette said:
Ha . That was yesterday! When I was down to 3/4 tank today on the highway it had dropped to 32 and by the time I got to Hinton 13.5 or so . Now at half tank . I suspect by the time I fuel it I should be looking at 10 or so . Until it’s fully broken in that is , lol. Two things I have determined that this vehicle would like. More turns in the road and a 160 kph speed limit…. :rolleyes:
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Yup. I think 10 may be a little optimistic but not far off. There's a catch 22 here though. Once you have it broke in, fuel mileage typically gets better but the other side of that is once it's broke in you'll be flexing it's muscle with revs more which never helps fuel economy. If I keep my C7 on cruise at 120kph, i get 7.2 to 7.4 but that goes down the toilet when I'm driving the way I like to drive.. lol
 
Rruuff Day said:
Yup. I think 10 may be a little optimistic but not far off. There's a catch 22 here though. Once you have it broke in, fuel mileage typically gets better but the other side of that is once it's broke in you'll be flexing it's muscle with revs more which never helps fuel economy. If I keep my C7 on cruise at 120kph, i get 7.2 to 7.4 but that goes down the toilet when I'm driving the way I like to drive.. lol
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I hear ya . Like I mentioned, until it’s broken in . To be perfectly honest I couldn’t care less about fuel consumption. Within reason of course . I fuel my Tundra about every 6 or 7 weeks and it’s a pig on fuel. With the Vette , nope , don’t care at all , driving it is worth every drop. And I must say it is a pleasure to drive. Easy to see the future performance after 2400 patient kilometres. Even now with the torque and rpm limitations it is too easy to crawl up to 130 without even realizing it. The quicker it goes the more stable it feels. Low coefficient of drag and surprising downforce at speed even with the low profile spoiler. Semi inducing, lol . :rolleyes:
 
Rruuff Day said:
Yup. I think 10 may be a little optimistic but not far off. There's a catch 22 here though. Once you have it broke in, fuel mileage typically gets better but the other side of that is once it's broke in you'll be flexing it's muscle with revs more which never helps fuel economy. If I keep my C7 on cruise at 120kph, i get 7.2 to 7.4 but that goes down the toilet when I'm driving the way I like to drive.. lol
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Which version of the LT engine do you have? That is very reasonable consumption. :Hurray:
 
1st Vette said:
Which version of the LT engine do you have? That is very reasonable consumption. :Hurray:
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LT1 6.2 litre. That 7.2 litres was a 100km average going through the mountains to Vancouver. I can't keep my foot out of it for much more that 100km The entire 2500 km I put on that trip averaged 9.2 Litres per 100km. My Stingray is a 7 spd manual and 7th is definitely the GM gas guzzler tax dodge. At 120 in 7th my Rpms are just a touch over 1300. Nice thing about the M7 tranny. V4 doesn't cut in at all unless you switch the drive mode to ECO mode, which I never do. My Vette gives me better gas mileage than my 4 cyl Rav4 beater.
 
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LT1 6.2 litre. That 7.2 litres was a 100km average going through the mountains to Vancouver. I can't keep my foot out of it for much more that 100km The entire 2500 km I put on that trip averaged 9.2 Litres per 100km. My Stingray is a 7 spd manual and 7th is definitely the GM gas guzzler tax dodge. At 120 in 7th my Rpms are just a touch over 1300. Nice thing about the M7 tranny. V4 doesn't cut in at all unless you switch the drive mode to ECO mode, which I never do. My Vette gives me better gas mileage than my 4 cyl Rav4 beater.
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That’s excellent. ECO what? lol. The v4 in the c8 is the same idea but it’s a very unobtrusive implementation. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for protecting the environment. You don’t pee in the stream you drink from but I’m also far removed from the Climate Crisis we’re all going to boil by the end of the year crowd.
 
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1st Vette said:
That’s excellent. ECO what? lol. The v4 in the c8 is the same idea but it’s a very unobtrusive implementation. Don’t get me wrong I’m all for protecting the environment. You don’t pee in the stream you drink from but I’m also far removed from the Climate Crisis we’re all going to boil by the end of the year crowd.
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ECO mode....Short for Economy but GM thought Economy was too big a word for many to understand.... lmao... Does the C8 have an economy mode?
 
Rruuff Day said:
ECO mode....Short for Economy but GM thought Economy was too big a word for many to understand.... lmao... Does the C8 have an economy mode?
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I was joking actually, lol . It has the cylinder deactivation which is fine if it saves fuel which I’m sure it does. It’s to meet mandatory fuel consumption requirements no doubt. Got fuel this morning in Hinton and it took 36 litres and was showing 10.2 average and showed 56 kph average speed. But about 65 k of that was city and just sitting running getting things setup when I picked the car up until I remembered service mode. Some settings can’t be accessed unless the vehicle is running but if you press and hold the start button for 5 seconds it will enter service mode and you can access everything without starting the engine.

So after going about 100k up the highway I checked and it will give you average and best for the previous 80 k . It showed 7.8 average and 7.1 best . Happy with that. I’m now in Peace River and looked again and this is what it says . Pics .
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1st Vette said:
I was joking actually, lol . It has the cylinder deactivation which is fine if it saves fuel which I’m sure it does. It’s to meet mandatory fuel consumption requirements no doubt. Got fuel this morning in Hinton and it took 36 litres and was showing 10.2 average and showed 56 kph average speed. But about 65 k of that was city and just sitting running getting things setup when I picked the car up until I remembered service mode. Some settings can’t be accessed unless the vehicle is running but if you press and hold the start button for 5 seconds it will enter service mode and you can access everything without starting the engine.

So after going about 100k up the highway I checked and it will give you average and best for the previous 80 k . It showed 7.8 average and 7.1 best . Happy with that. I’m now in Peace River and looked again and this is what it says . Pics .View attachment 124153View attachment 124154
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First pics of the dash .....nice .... 839 already ..... by the time you get it home the dash is gonna go blank and and all that will be visible is the text " Let Me Rest " ;)

Front crash avoidance .... nice feature on the newer ones
 

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