FD V 2005 C6 Corvette
08-06-04 | 11:42 AM
#101
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From: Silicon Valley Bay Area
Originally Posted by grinn253
Well, my 1993 (build sticker 6/92?) I'm able to put >19.5 gallons of gas, i may still have the receipts. Also usual is >18 gallons 
Of course I've also ran out of gas like ~5 times as well, heh. Maximum miles I've received on a tank was ~380 mostly highway. Typical miles per tank nowadays is 330 with much city and some highway.
Laters,
Edgardo
Of course I've also ran out of gas like ~5 times as well, heh. Maximum miles I've received on a tank was ~380 mostly highway. Typical miles per tank nowadays is 330 with much city and some highway.Laters,
Edgardo
U sure u didn't have a tail-wind
08-06-04 | 11:45 AM
#102
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Originally Posted by c00lduke
But that almost in the same situation as, well all cavaliers are slow.
and pulling out this card. At what point is that no longer a cavy and when is that supra no longer a supra?
and pulling out this card. At what point is that no longer a cavy and when is that supra no longer a supra?
08-06-04 | 11:52 AM
#104
Originally Posted by jimlab
It's impossible to use the whole tank, and when the needle read empty on my car, I usually could only put in 15-16 gallons, therefore I used 15 to give him a break. As you pointed out, 20 gallons would be even worse.
08-06-04 | 12:09 PM
#105
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From: Dallas
Originally Posted by adam c
He didn't give the mileage he drove, or the amount of gas he used. Then he claimed good gas mileage .......... and YOU gave him a break. You must be getting soft in your old age
08-06-04 | 12:19 PM
#106
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From: MD
Originally Posted by importrx7
Whats great with the seven is buy the car for what 16,000 now and the new vette for what 43,000 thats about a 27000 price diff. add all that to the rx7 to met the price of the stock vette and see the comp. between the 2 the 7 would really really really kill it
08-06-04 | 12:22 PM
#107
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From: Redmond, WA
Originally Posted by BATMAN
That drag car has even less common parts than that Supdawg, if I recall.
08-06-04 | 01:29 PM
#109
No paper race -
Fact 1 - It's 40K plus for the new vette.
Fact 2 - There will be many thousands of them produced before the C7 appears.
So for about the same money you can have 2 very well prepared 3rd gens. One as your daily driver and one as a "play toy" with money left for tires, track days, etc. Best of all you will rarely see another one on the road. It still amazes me that an 11 year old car can still get the second looks that mine does every day.
Fact 3 - The Z06 will outrun a 3rd gen given an equal level of driver and modifications.
Yea, but it is not 2X faster than the 3rd gen by a long margin.
Fact 1 - It's 40K plus for the new vette.
Fact 2 - There will be many thousands of them produced before the C7 appears.
So for about the same money you can have 2 very well prepared 3rd gens. One as your daily driver and one as a "play toy" with money left for tires, track days, etc. Best of all you will rarely see another one on the road. It still amazes me that an 11 year old car can still get the second looks that mine does every day.
Fact 3 - The Z06 will outrun a 3rd gen given an equal level of driver and modifications.
Yea, but it is not 2X faster than the 3rd gen by a long margin.
08-06-04 | 01:36 PM
#110
Originally Posted by swilson@assetworks.com
No paper race -
Fact 1 - It's 40K plus for the new vette.
So for about the same money you can have 2 very well prepared 3rd gens.
Fact 1 - It's 40K plus for the new vette.
So for about the same money you can have 2 very well prepared 3rd gens.
The FD price back when it was out was nearing $40k new. Today, that price would be well over $50k new.
08-06-04 | 01:45 PM
#112
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From: Pasadena, CA
Originally Posted by gotorx7
I'm not so sure about that... N/A Rotaries aren't exactly fuel-efficient either...
08-06-04 | 01:52 PM
#113
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From: Dallas
Originally Posted by swilson@assetworks.com
Yea, but it is not 2X faster than the 3rd gen by a long margin.
The Grassroots Motorsports Challenge proves that it is very easy to go very fast very cheaply. However not even the builders of those cars would argue with anyone claiming that it takes more than numbers on paper to make a car "better" than another...
08-06-04 | 02:02 PM
#114
I bought one of my 3rd gens new in '93 so I know it has not been "beat on".
It cost me 29K and change.
My second was a one owner car that I bought with 68K miles from a doctor who kept great maintenace records. If it was "beaten on", it was not by him (he did have a teen age son though). Both of these cars now have over 100k miles on them. One is my daily driver.
Two old cars can be as reliable and almost as fast as one new one and look Ma no monthly payment.
It cost me 29K and change.
My second was a one owner car that I bought with 68K miles from a doctor who kept great maintenace records. If it was "beaten on", it was not by him (he did have a teen age son though). Both of these cars now have over 100k miles on them. One is my daily driver.
Two old cars can be as reliable and almost as fast as one new one and look Ma no monthly payment.
08-06-04 | 06:21 PM
#118
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From: Overland Park, KS
Originally Posted by jimlab
Much less. Under those widebody skins, those are still production Supras. That "Cavalier" is as much a Cavalier as Abel Ibarra's "FD" drag car is still an FD... basically, a Cavalier-shaped skin over a fully custom tube frame chassis with an engine that could loosely be said to be "GM-based", probably with a narrowed Ford 9" out back and a Lenco transmission in between.
Originally Posted by Mahjik
Well, I could have pulled out the old magazine Supra tests but we've already done that. 
Just having fun
Last edited by c00lduke; 08-06-04 at 06:29 PM.
08-06-04 | 10:41 PM
#122
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Originally Posted by jimlab
It's impossible to use the whole tank, and when the needle read empty on my car, I usually could only put in 15-16 gallons, therefore I used 15 to give him a break. As you pointed out, 20 gallons would be even worse.
Jim, I guess I didn't speculate the situation properly before you and Adam C jumped the thread. A 45 minute wait through stop and go traffic at the border, and another 45 minute wait through stop and go through an accident site 30 miles from Columbus. The full tank cost me $47 some odd dollars Canadian, and I was on empty when I got there so I don't know how close I was, but, I didn't fill up. I would LOVE to see the Vette drive the same run through the same traffic(6 hours) on one tank of gas. I guess this is really important to you to look it up on mapquest though....but you don't have my real address, it's a little further than what you read.
And how come, all Adam C does is jump threads? If you're not here to help people, then go on some dating chat forums. I can't stand seeing people gang up on others, but one day if you keep drinking your milk you can grow up and fend for yourself. Until then, why don't you keep your insulting comments to yourself you ignorant *****!
08-06-04 | 11:07 PM
#125
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Originally Posted by maxcooper
harbodeez, it is simply a fact that the Z-06 gets better mileage than the FD. It may be hard to believe, but it is true.
-Max
-Max