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General Corvette Discussion
Highway Driving
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<blockquote data-quote="Rruuff Day" data-source="post: 211373" data-attributes="member: 2217"><p>You're going to get a lot of varied replies as each model and generation has different engines, gear ratios and power bands. For me with my C7, and I would expect for many others that it depends totally on the road, your state of mind and traffic. If I am on a longer run major divided 110 kph 4 lane highway that is a straight line and want to have a nap while driving, I will set the cruise at 125 and drive in 7th at about 1350 rpms. Most of the time though, my boring straight highway driving for fuel efficiency is in 6th. On a lower highway speed limit or hilly road, I never use 7th and seldom 6th. On a 100 kph 2 lane road with traffic slower than I want to drive and I am passing at every opportunity, I will likely be having fun in 4th and close proximity to 3rd for giddy up and go passing.</p><p>For reference though, the C7 M7 tops out at about 170kph in 3rd and 240kph in 4th, and theoretically 295kph in 5th so basic cruising rpms may vary greatly depending on your car. Likely someone with a comparable C5 with yours will chime in here too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rruuff Day, post: 211373, member: 2217"] You're going to get a lot of varied replies as each model and generation has different engines, gear ratios and power bands. For me with my C7, and I would expect for many others that it depends totally on the road, your state of mind and traffic. If I am on a longer run major divided 110 kph 4 lane highway that is a straight line and want to have a nap while driving, I will set the cruise at 125 and drive in 7th at about 1350 rpms. Most of the time though, my boring straight highway driving for fuel efficiency is in 6th. On a lower highway speed limit or hilly road, I never use 7th and seldom 6th. On a 100 kph 2 lane road with traffic slower than I want to drive and I am passing at every opportunity, I will likely be having fun in 4th and close proximity to 3rd for giddy up and go passing. For reference though, the C7 M7 tops out at about 170kph in 3rd and 240kph in 4th, and theoretically 295kph in 5th so basic cruising rpms may vary greatly depending on your car. Likely someone with a comparable C5 with yours will chime in here too. [/QUOTE]
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