RE: UK-Spec Chevy Camaro Pricing Announced
Discussion
mackie1 said:
Yes and no. People on here claim to get 30mpg average from LS1 and LS2 equipped cars and that's BS. On a long motorway run it's possible, my Monaro would do 28mpg on a 270 mile M1 jaunt but the average over the time I had it (4 years and 24000 miles) I got about 16mpg. If you don't do many miles or you do most of your driving on motorways or you glue an egg to the accelerator it won't be too expensive.
I don't need to do 270 miles to get 30mpg from my LS1. Any sensible motorway/dual carriage way trip it'll easily do 28-30mpg. Just set the cruise to 65mph or even 70mph.But most of the time it's used for short local journeys and most of these for pure fun. Yet more often than not when I work out the mpg it's 24mpg. Lowest I've ever clocked is 19mpg. And it's not as if I don't make use of all the ponies either
Look, let's put this MPG issue to bed, shall we?
It just so happens I drove my Monaro into work this morning, weather being nice and all, and, door to door, the MPG was 29.7, not bad for cold start-up etc.
Now, granted, my commute is mostly 27 miles of reasonably quiet DC with the cruise set to 70mph, and if I was 'enjoying' a cross-country blast, it would be an entirely different kettle of fish.
So, in summary, yes you can get sensible (for the size of the engine) mpg out of a big V8, it just depends on the type of journey you want to do.
To put it into perspective, the BEST I ever saw out of my old Subaru, was 31 mpg! And from a 'tiny' 2.0 4pot too!
It just so happens I drove my Monaro into work this morning, weather being nice and all, and, door to door, the MPG was 29.7, not bad for cold start-up etc.
Now, granted, my commute is mostly 27 miles of reasonably quiet DC with the cruise set to 70mph, and if I was 'enjoying' a cross-country blast, it would be an entirely different kettle of fish.
So, in summary, yes you can get sensible (for the size of the engine) mpg out of a big V8, it just depends on the type of journey you want to do.
To put it into perspective, the BEST I ever saw out of my old Subaru, was 31 mpg! And from a 'tiny' 2.0 4pot too!
johnnyboy225 said:
Budget (rent-a-car) had a 'deal' in May 2011 (closed now I think) meaning I was able to rent a Camaro in Ohio at half the rental price... there was me thinking I'd be getting a tame V6, delighted when it turned out to be the V8 SS version... looked absolutely awesome in White... nice rumble... visibility is a bit of a problem... but over the two weeks I grew to really enjoy driving it...
John
Here's a pic of the one I hired... John
V88Dicky said:
Look, let's put this MPG issue to bed, shall we?
It just so happens I drove my Monaro into work this morning, weather being nice and all, and, door to door, the MPG was 29.7, not bad for cold start-up etc.
Now, granted, my commute is mostly 27 miles of reasonably quiet DC with the cruise set to 70mph, and if I was 'enjoying' a cross-country blast, it would be an entirely different kettle of fish.
So, in summary, yes you can get sensible (for the size of the engine) mpg out of a big V8, it just depends on the type of journey you want to do.
To put it into perspective, the BEST I ever saw out of my old Subaru, was 31 mpg! And from a 'tiny' 2.0 4pot too!
It just so happens I drove my Monaro into work this morning, weather being nice and all, and, door to door, the MPG was 29.7, not bad for cold start-up etc.
Now, granted, my commute is mostly 27 miles of reasonably quiet DC with the cruise set to 70mph, and if I was 'enjoying' a cross-country blast, it would be an entirely different kettle of fish.
So, in summary, yes you can get sensible (for the size of the engine) mpg out of a big V8, it just depends on the type of journey you want to do.
To put it into perspective, the BEST I ever saw out of my old Subaru, was 31 mpg! And from a 'tiny' 2.0 4pot too!
My Monaro is an everyday car - fuel consumption is not a big issue, it's a shade under 30mpg on any long run and a shade under 20mpg if I pootle about town. So about the same as, or better than, any other biggish GT with a decent turn of performance.
If you're tempted to a convertible, check out this comparison of Camaro and Mustang,
http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/2011-...
They found it a very close run thing! Loads of power from the latest Mustang and a bit too much weight in the Camaro's convertible conversion.
http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/2011-...
They found it a very close run thing! Loads of power from the latest Mustang and a bit too much weight in the Camaro's convertible conversion.
5 USA said:
If you're tempted to a convertible, check out this comparison of Camaro and Mustang,
http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/2011-...
They found it a very close run thing! Loads of power from the latest Mustang and a bit too much weight in the Camaro's convertible conversion.
Typical Road & Track. They refer to the handling short-comings of the 'Stang as "period correct". http://www.roadandtrack.com/tests/comparison/2011-...
They found it a very close run thing! Loads of power from the latest Mustang and a bit too much weight in the Camaro's convertible conversion.
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