[V8] Gas hog V8s

Wed Aug 31 12:39:16 EDT 2005

I have owned two V8's over the past 9 years and both averaged around 16-17 MPG...they both got better MPG with pure freeway driving, but I don't think it was ever over 21 MPG.  This is as calculated by me, not the trip computer - my trip computer is a bit on the optomistic side in its calculations!

Justin
90 V8q

> 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. 
> >
> >
> >--------------------------
> >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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