[V8] Gas hog V8s

Wed Aug 31 12:22:36 EDT 2005

I have been getting great mileage, thats one thing I love
about my car.  I always set my trip odometer and expect to get
350 miles before looking for a pump.  3.6L, K&N filter cleaned
regularly, new fuel regulator, stock plugs, new wires,
205-65-15 tires pumped up to 36psi, Universal Bosch O2 spliced
in.  91 octane no alchohol, 22mpg is a real average and thats
driving 85 mph on the highway.

Is this unusual, would another V8 not expect such decent milage? 

Thanks, Jason
---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 12:00:00 -0400
>From: "Coleman, David" <David.Coleman at blackrock.com>  
>Subject: Re: [V8] Gas hog V8s  
>To: <jason.carey at riverrestoration.org>, <v8 at audifans.com>
>
>Holy crap. Not me. 
>
>
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>David A. Coleman
>BlackRock
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: v8-bounces at audifans.com <v8-bounces at audifans.com>
>To: v8 at audifans.com <v8 at audifans.com>
>Sent: Wed Aug 31 11:15:48 2005
>Subject: Re: [V8] Gas hog V8s
>
>I get 20 to 24 mpg out of my V8, driving it hard, calced by
>the odometer.  The only time I got less was when the 02 sensor
>was out.
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:34:37 -0600
>>From: dsaad at icehouse.net  
>>Subject: Re: [V8] Gas hog V8s  
>>To: v8 at audifans.com
>>
>>You forgot insurance - the V8 seems to be pretty expensive to
>insure so that may
>>move your break even point a little, but overall I think like
>you do. My fuel
>>cost is on the high side, but overall I pay far less for
>transportation than
>>most people I know simply because I don't have a car payment.
>As long as I enjoy
>>the car, I plan to hang on to it.
>>My big dilemma is weather or not to do a valve job. My car
>runs pretty good, but
>>it sucks oil like we could just blow it out of the ground in
>Iraq and have it
>>land in out tanks. (really about 700mi/qt) The payback for a
>$3000 (guessing)
>>valve job is about 840K miles (with oil at $2.50/qt). I am
>pretty sure I will
>>move on by then :-)
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>Quoting Mike Arman <armanmik at earthlink.net>:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With fuel approaching $3.00 per gallon, just out of
>curiosity, I ran
>>> some interesting numbers.
>>>
>>> Starting premises -
>>>
>>> 1)V8Q gets about 16mpg.
>>>
>>> 2) CNN/Money had a list of cars you can buy with payments
>of under
>>> $200/mo (sometimes just under), real exciting stuff like
>Cavalier,
>>> Neon, Aveo, etc, mostly stripped, and you couldn't get A/C
>in one of
>>> them if you wanted to stay under $200/mo, and I'm guessing
>the fuel
>>> economy of these cars is going to be 35 mpg? Which may be
>generous . . .
>>>
>>> Anyway -
>>>
>>> Fuel costs for V8Q - 16 mpg with $3.00 gas is a bit under
>20 cents a
>>> mile, fuel costs for 35 mpg is abut 8.5 cents a mile.
>>>
>>> V8Q, 1,000 miles, $200 in fuel, 2,000 miles, $400 in fuel,
>3,000
>>> miles, $600 in fuel, 4,000 miles, $800 in fuel.
>>> Aveo (etc.),  1,000 miles, $85 in fuel, 2,000 miles, $170
>in fuel,
>>> 3,000 miles, $255 in fuel, 4,000 miles, $340 in fuel.
>>>
>>> Now we add the payment of $200 a month vs the Audi, which
>is free and clear.
>>>
>>> Audi cost - 1,000 miles = $200, 2,000 miles = $400, 3,000
>miles =
>>> $600, 4,000 miles = $800.
>>> Aveo cost - 1,000 miles = $285, 2,000 miles = $370, 3,000
>miles =
>>> $455, 4,000 miles = $540.
>>>
>>> The break-even point in mileage is therefore about 1,800
>miles a
>>> month, which is about 21,600 miles a year, at which point the
>>> strictly fuel plus payment costs are about even.
>>>
>>> But there is *much* more than that - there is capital cost and
>>> opportunity cost on the Aveo, there is depreciation (which
Audi
>>> owners are VERY familiar with - but OUR cars are already
>just about
>>> fully depreciated), and then there are the intangibles -
>safety,
>>> ride, performance, comfort, support from THIS group, and so
>forth.
>>>
>>> Basically, I'll want to see a lot more than numbers like
>the above
>>> before I get rid of my V8Q. Personally, I drive about 1,000
>miles a
>>> month, so why the heck should I pay more money to drive a
>>> significantly lesser car? Besides, I HATE car payments, and
>I don't
>>> ever want to have one again, as long as I live. That alone
>is worth
>>> something, and if part of the price of that is crawling
>under the car
>>> and getting dirty, hot and sweaty once in a while, well, I
>can take a
>>> shower for a lot less than $200.
>>>
>>> Now, if we want to buy a NICE car, I've seen leases offered
>on entry
>>> level WMBs (ugh) for $400 a month (after cap cost fees,
>tag, tax,
>>> title, blah, blah blah) and after 36 months you have to
>give it back
>>> - this is essentially just a long-term rental, and you
>still have to
>>> buy fuel. No thanks, I'm keeping my V8.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>>
>>> Mike Arman
>>> 90 V8, not just a car, an ADVENTURE!
>>>
>>>
>>>
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