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07-31-2007, 03:46 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Legacy Member
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sure why not, nah i just like saying foci... lol.
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07-31-2007, 03:49 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Consumer of Beers
Join Date: Jul 2004
City: Huntsville
State: Alabama
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It does have a certain ring to it...
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08-01-2007, 07:19 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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too broke to race
Join Date: May 2007
City: Denham Springs
State: Louisiana
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I say and MarkuLS1 will agree with me a C5 or C6 corvette. will get between 25 & 30MPG on the highway
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 06 GT flowmasters, SCT2, CAI, 4:10 gears, ZEX 150hp wet shot. 11.76E/T at 115MPH & its my wife's car lol and the other muscle is a 1970
Chevelle SS 454
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08-02-2007, 10:55 AM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Cars & Love
Join Date: Dec 2003
City: Granada Hills
State: California
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agreed, this sorta stuff alone makes the idea of buying a vette sound much better than a Cobra
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08-03-2007, 02:13 AM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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^needs more bondo
Join Date: Sep 2003
City: Modesto
State: California
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Not to mention the only equavilent vette to a Cobra is a ZO6.
aside from the fact a C5 is still 30-35k, and insurance is going to be 2-300$ a month for any white male in his 20's. If you have any incidents on record (accident or tickets), kiss that number goodbye. my boss pays 250$/mo ins. for a base C5, hes 28 and hasnt had a ticket since he was 23, insurance through progressive. however im sure having a 07 Buell Thunderbolt isnt helping any. And payments on a 30k+ ZO6 are easily going to be 550-600 a month unless you have epic credit (high 700's or 800's).
Then theres a Cobra, which you can get for $30K MAX at a dealership (ford being the key word here) or 25k and under from private party, so your payments will be under $500 a month. Insurance? for me with two tickets on record, BY MYSELF (any new car i get will not be under parents plan, my rule not theirs), was $220 / Mo for full coverage (50/100/50), i just took out the rental policy and raised my deductibles to $1000 instead of $500.
however both cars are equally badass. If you can afford the ZO6, get it. If now, the cobra isnt any less of a car, and depending on your goals, it might be a better / easier route to get to a certain goal (if you want to stick with forced induction or something).
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2003 Redfire Cobra - 448whp/435wtq
1990 Eclipse GSX - possibly For Sale (Will fund cobra's clutch and IRS mods!)
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08-03-2007, 07:35 AM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Consumer of Beers
Join Date: Jul 2004
City: Huntsville
State: Alabama
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I paid $21k for my C5 (granted, it's not a Z06) and pay $370 every six months for full coverage. 
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08-03-2007, 08:47 AM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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I just lubricated on your foot!
Join Date: Feb 2007
City: Vicksburg
State: Mississippi
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a huge reason that vette's get such "good" gas mileage on the highway is because GM has at the very least a small understanding of something called AERODYNAMICS which we all know ford knows absolutely nothing about
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08-03-2007, 11:05 AM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Jeep Boy
Join Date: May 2003
City: Harvest
State: Alabama
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You want to talk aerodynamics... I drive a mailbox on wheels!!
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08-03-2007, 11:14 AM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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too broke to race
Join Date: May 2007
City: Denham Springs
State: Louisiana
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that and the car is light, and it has a small gear ratio so a 70MPH you only turn about 1800RPMs
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06 GT flowmasters, SCT2, CAI, 4:10 gears, ZEX 150hp wet shot. 11.76E/T at 115MPH & its my wife's car lol and the other muscle is a 1970
Chevelle SS 454
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08-03-2007, 04:34 PM
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Bob is Good.
Join Date: Jun 2004
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08-03-2007, 06:25 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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^needs more bondo
Join Date: Sep 2003
City: Modesto
State: California
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yeah a C5 Z is gonna be a bit more than a C5 Base, not to mention im always thinking californian pricing, so tack on another 10%. Same with insurance, im sure cali is higher in accidents per capita or some shit like that.
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2003 Redfire Cobra - 448whp/435wtq
1990 Eclipse GSX - possibly For Sale (Will fund cobra's clutch and IRS mods!)
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08-03-2007, 07:08 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Cars & Love
Join Date: Dec 2003
City: Granada Hills
State: California
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I heard the new Camaro is supposed to have Chevy's new fuel saving system sorta like Dodge's cyl displacement which saves on gas on the V8's. Except I heard that Chevy perfected the idea and it's alot better. We'll see.
When the itch hits me to get a new car I'll be beside myself thinkin about getting the new Camaro and make it a Rumble Bee clone or get a challenger.
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08-03-2007, 11:37 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Jeep Boy
Join Date: May 2003
City: Harvest
State: Alabama
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Um... Rumble Bee is a dodge thing...
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08-19-2007, 04:09 AM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Cars & Love
Join Date: Dec 2003
City: Granada Hills
State: California
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Oops, Rumble bee is indeed a mopar thing.
I ment Bumble Bee Camaro clone. But i'm sure the new Camaro will have a special edition Transformer's style.
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08-25-2007, 12:09 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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No more obstacles
Join Date: Jul 2005
City: Marin County, Nor Cal
State: California
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Over here in the UK theres tons of TDI cars that can get up to 45 mpg. Its funny because my father in law thinks that a car that gets 28 -33mpg is a gas guzzler. He has a Toyota avensis as a work car that only has about 145bhp and gets around 44 mpg. Its a 4 door car and take off actually isn't too bad. It would probably embarass quite a few cars on a roll.
I went to a Ford dealership and they had a focus that had a tastefully done body kit, recaro racing seats, 6 spd, 2.5l turbo engine, and 18's. ofcourse brand new it was going for about 15k pounds which is approximately 30k dollars. I wish Ford would mess around more with turbos like they do out here.
Don't see too many hybrids since the disel engines do so well. I think the best mpg i've seen out of a disel car here is 65 mpg. It was the size of a miata and looked like a turd but sell for a lot cheaper than a hybrid.
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08-26-2007, 04:38 PM
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Re: Best Gas Mileage / Power Car
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Resident A$$hole
Join Date: Apr 2006
City: Columbus
State: Mississippi
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Dam the pound is now worth 2 bucks... WTF mate?
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