High Gas Prices: Will it affect your Corvette driving ???

Just heard on the tv that the national average is $2.62 per gallon . If
the prices go alot higher...say...over $3.25 , will it cause you to cut
down driving your vette ? Since i use mine for weekends and car shows
(never exceeding 2500 miles per year), it will not affect my usage
whatsoever. Will it you ???

"Dave in Lake Villa" > wrote in message
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> Just heard on the tv that the national average is $2.62 per gallon . If
> the prices go alot higher...say...over $3.25 , will it cause you to cut
> down driving your vette ? Since i use mine for weekends and car shows
> (never exceeding 2500 miles per year), it will not affect my usage
> whatsoever. Will it you ???


My Corvette is my daily driver. I get 23-25 mpg on the road. 17-19 in town.
I'll continue to use it as my daily driver. I drive mine around 30,000 miles
a year.

I drive 2 vehicles
2005 KIA Sorento LX 3.5L V6 196 HP 13 Mpg in town 17 Hwy (This is a great
vehicle other than gas mileage)
1998 Corvette C5 5.7L V8 345 HP 17 Mpg in town 25 Hwy (Great Mileage
as long as I keep my foot of off the floor)
Gas here in Cali for 93 octane is over $3 a gallon

--

ZÿRiX (<>..<>)

"Joel Jacobs" > wrote in message
...
> My Corvette is my daily driver. I get 23-25 mpg on the road. 17-19 in
> town. I'll continue to use it as my daily driver. I drive mine around
> 30,000 miles a year.
>
Hell no, I think the last trip to England it was right a $5.00 US. So why
should we think it is high at $3? Like allot of thing in the USA, we're
spoiled.

--
Dad
05 C6 Silver/Red 6spd Z51
72 Shark Black/Black/4spd

In article >,
Dave in Lake Villa > wrote:
>Just heard on the tv that the national average is $2.62 per gallon . If
>the prices go alot higher...say...over $3.25 , will it cause you to cut
>down driving your vette ? Since i use mine for weekends and car shows
>(never exceeding 2500 miles per year), it will not affect my usage
>whatsoever. Will it you ???
>

No - it's the most fuel-efficient car I own (27 mpg on the highway).

Weird, isn't it.

Mike Squires
1990 Z51
--

Mike Squires (mikes at cs.indiana.edu) 317 233 9456 (w) 812 333 6564 (h)
mikes at siralan.org 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408

The C6 gives amazing mileage - 28 mpg at 75 mph, 30-31 at 70, and I
average 20 to 21 commuting. It will remain my daily driver.

I have owned:

Car In-town Highway General use
---------------------------------------------------------------
1958 Buick Roadmaster 8 14 10
1965 Buick Wildcat 11 16 ?
1967 VW Bug 28 36 28
1980 Audi 4000 21 33 22
1985 Mustang GT 5.0 17 28 19
2001 Lexus LS 430 Ultra) 21 26 21
2005 Corvette 6-spd 20 30 21

The VW (I still have it) gives 36 mpg at 60 mph, the Corvette 35. The VW
gives 28-30 mpg at 70, the Corvette 30-31. So here we have a 400-hp
186-mph near-exotic that burns little more fuel than does a classic
1.5-liter 53-hp VW that's about half its weight. Both are *great* drives.

Progress moves on, folks.

-- V

'The C6 gives amazing mileage - 28 mpg at 75 mph, 30-31 at 70, and I
average 20 to 21 commuting. It will remain my daily driver.
I have owned:
Car =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 In-town =A0 =A0 Highway
=A0 =A0 General use
----------------------------------------------
1958 Buick Roadmaster =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 8 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 14 =A0 =A0
=A0 =A0 =A0 10
1965 Buick Wildcat =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 11 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 16 =A0 =A0
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ?
1967 VW Bug =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 28 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 36
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 28
1980 Audi 4000 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 21 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 33 =A0
=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 22
1985 Mustang GT 5.0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 17 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 28 =A0 =A0
=A0 =A0 =A0 19
2001 Lexus LS 430 Ultra) =A0 =A0 21 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 26 =A0 =A0 =A0
=A0 =A0 21
2005 Corvette 6-spd =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 20 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 30 =A0 =A0
=A0 =A0 =A0 21
The VW (I still have it) gives 36 mpg at 60 mph, the Corvette 35. The VW
gives 28-30 mpg at 70, the Corvette 30-31. So here we have a 400-hp
186-mph near-exotic that burns little more fuel than does a classic
1.5-liter 53-hp VW that's about half its weight. Both are *great*
drives.
Progress moves on, folks.
-- V'

REPLY: It is simply astounding that a C6 gets what it does in gas
mileage. Interesting comparison on your cars.

"Dad" > wrote in message
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>
> "Joel Jacobs" > wrote in message
> ...
>> My Corvette is my daily driver. I get 23-25 mpg on the road. 17-19 in
>> town. I'll continue to use it as my daily driver. I drive mine around
>> 30,000 miles a year.
>>
> Hell no, I think the last trip to England it was right a $5.00 US. So why
> should we think it is high at $3? Like allot of thing in the USA, we're
> spoiled.

I'm in complete agreement with you, dad. Gasoline in Norway is $6.73 a
gallon......

"Dave in Lake Villa" > wrote in message
...
> Just heard on the tv that the national average is $2.62 per gallon . If
> the prices go alot higher...say...over $3.25 , will it cause you to cut
> down driving your vette ? Since i use mine for weekends and car shows
> (never exceeding 2500 miles per year), it will not affect my usage
> whatsoever. Will it you ???

Gas pricing is done the same way house pricing is done. The few who control
the market will push the price up until it meets noticeable resistance.
Economic gurus have said that in the US, that resistance won't be met until
the price per gallon tops $6.00. If that is the point where resistance will
nullify the upward push, then that is the price we had better get ready to
pay. It will be pushed until that happens.

On or about Mon, 22 Aug 2005 18:05:02 -0500,
(Dave in Lake Villa) wrote or did cause to be written:

>Just heard on the tv that the national average is $2.62 per gallon . If
>the prices go alot higher...say...over $3.25 , will it cause you to cut
>down driving your vette ? Since i use mine for weekends and car shows
>(never exceeding 2500 miles per year), it will not affect my usage
>whatsoever. Will it you ???

I buy about 500 gallons per year. 20 years ago gas was about $1/gal.
as I recall. That would be $500. Last year it would have cost about
$800. Today the price would be $1300. Your theoretical $3.25 would be
another $325.

How much do people pay for cigarettes? I'm willing to pay an extra
$10/week this year over last and another $6 isn't going to deter me
either. And when I finally do get deterred from driving because of gas
prices I am MORE likely to drive a high mileage Corvette on those
trips I now use a vehicle that carries more cargo but gets worse
mileage.