chevy4x4power
Registered Member
mpg you get out of her?My DD. I live 40 miles from work so put 80 miles round trip on it a day.
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what is your daily driver??
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Only have checked once driving from Houston tx to Michigan doing 90mph the whole way on cruise got 14mpg. Other whys I put $100 in it every 4 days roughly.
Drove this one to work today.
Martin
Martin
2005 Chevy Corvette. 6speed, Z51, STS rear mount twin turbo system, and still pulls respectable MPG. My commute is only 4 miles each way, so I often DD the Blazer or bike it when the Vette is torn down for various projects. Someone made a very generous offer to buy the car last week, so the Blazer might be seeing more frequent duty.
Nice I bet you get flamed for driving your vette in that type of weather. Those cars are meant to be enjoyed, not sitting in a garage because it might rain. Good work
My DD. I live 40 miles from work so put 80 miles round trip on it a day.
B E A utiful truck!
k5ryder
1/2 ton status
2009 F-150 Lariat 282,xxx miles. It's a company truck. I get about 15mpg. This picture is driving to Houston from Baton Rouge with ice all over the road. It's was quite a experience for a coonass
Nice I bet you get flamed for driving your vette in that type of weather. Those cars are meant to be enjoyed, not sitting in a garage because it might rain. Good work
Ain't that the truth. There is a small but vocal subsection of Corvette owners that believe daily driving, driving in the rain, snow, when there is a forecast for either, driving in questionable neighborhoods, on days that end in "Y", etc, are hanging offenses. Sorry, but I bought cars to drive them, and while I take care of my vehicles, it seems kind of pointless for a car to sit in a garage and look pretty as it gets less valuable by the day.
2009 F-150 Lariat 282,xxx miles. It's a company truck. I get about 15mpg. This picture is driving to Houston from Baton Rouge with ice all over the road. It's was quite a experience for a coonass
Definitely looks in good shape, that's a lot of miles in a short time!
Are you using that as a truck every day?
You could buy a brand new second car that got decent mileage and still spend less money.
That's something I never understood about the "car show" people. You take your car from it's garage, to it's enclosed trailer, to the grassy car show field, sit in your lawn chair and snarl at everyone who gets within 5 feet of it, back to the enclosed trailer, back to the garage. How is that enjoying your car
I always had it in my head that if I ever won the lotto I would head out to Barret/Jackson and buy some awesome/rare 80-100k musclecar and enjoy the look on peoples faces as I laid mega slab out of the parking lot and cross country road trip that bitch back to New England.
15 years ago i restored a 1966 t-bird convertible,turned out very nice,429,auto,a/c,and if you are not familiar with the power top on these things,they are something to watch go up and down,what i am getting at is i did the cruise in thing for awhile,and i found that to be a bit boring,just to go ,park,and watch and look,well i started taking it to a cruise in at a drag strip,people were shocked when i ran it on the drag strip,i didnt beat on it,wold turn about 14.50,at around 94 mph,but it was about 50/50,people loved seeing it running,or could not believe iwas doing that with that car,that was fun!
Are you using that as a truck every day?
You could buy a brand new second car that got decent mileage and still spend less money.
Trust me I've been thinking about it lately. Either a new good dd car or a new Harley. One of the two. I could ride the Harley to work and save some $ hahaha
Same thing when I have built or restored classic cars. If you are not going to drive it, get it done somewhere else. My mom's 34 Chevy I built for her and she had to sell, is daily driven in the San Francisco Bay area.
The local car show I DJ every year almost no one trailers their car in and thats why I DJ the show every year. When I walk around there are genuine car people that just love cars, trucks, bikes and use them!
CampBrr
Registered Member
1990 Honda Accord 27 - 30 mpg is my DD. 94 Toyota 4x4 P/U Ext Cab 22 mpg when I need to haul stuff. 86 K5 Blazer w/Four Wheel Pop Up for winter campin excursions, 10 mpg no matter how I drive it. It is a work in progress
k5ryder
1/2 ton status
We attend a cruise-in that you actually cruise at. There's some parking and walking around talking to owners but everything (street legal) is driven there. The town sets main street aside and even drag cars, farm tractors, and the like get driven up and down the strip. It's a blast! The pull in and sit types are pretty boring unless there at a bar or live concert.
That's something I never understood about the "car show" people. You take your car from it's garage, to it's enclosed trailer, to the grassy car show field, sit in your lawn chair and snarl at everyone who gets within 5 feet of it, back to the enclosed trailer, back to the garage. How is that enjoying your car
I always had it in my head that if I ever won the lotto I would head out to Barret/Jackson and buy some awesome/rare 80-100k musclecar and enjoy the look on peoples faces as I laid mega slab out of the parking lot and cross country road trip that bitch back to New England.
You'd think that people that collect cars as an "investment" and don't drive them would be better off with art. Takes up less space, cheaper to maintain, and you get to sit and look at it and appreciate the beauty. In my mind, appreciation of machinery means using it as it was intended to be used. I can imagine the Barrett Jackson crowd of stuffy older gentlemen having collective aneurysms at the thought of some classic muscle car actually being used as such.
63chevyll
1/2 ton status
Lets see....this week
