We will see. It's not something I am crying over, but it is a few points in GM's corner for their "outdated" 505bhp engine that weighs less, and allows better economy than much newer designs with about half the displacement. Always made me shake my head when people knocked GM's engine technology. I'd say it's good stuff.

Oh, I concur. I love Corvette engines!

I think a fuel efficient little 4 banger makes more sense than a hybrid in terms of cost. A Civic, Corolla, or Focus gets pretty good mileage and cost way less than a hybrid. If I needed a practical little car, I'd probably get the Focus hatch.

LOL, don't get me wrong, compact car is always a good idea, it's just I wouldn't think the Smart Car is a good idea.

What my point is in response to the issue about people saying driving a Z with $5-6/gallon is not economically wise and they rather buy a Smart Car, so for similar price to a Z, a hybrid is a very good option over the Smart Car.

cheers

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Yeah, the Smart car is a poor choice indeed.

It's not wise to spend $30K on a car and have it sit either....

A bike is a great option. I have two bikes ('09 Triumph Speed Triple and '01 Suzuki DR-Z400S converted to SM) that get decent gas mileage (35-45 mpg), and that is with going no-holds-bar and never having to worry about 'taking it easy'. Hopefully I can start using my bikes within a few weeks....

My Z is getting the shyytiest mileage. I get 300miles on the tank period. To get good mileage I had to granny it to such a degree that I will either get shot for accelerating that slow or fall asleep behind the wheel. I'm due for my oil change and I will have them check everything to make sure their isn't anything wrong. I was getting 19mpg's from my 09 driving it like I stole something. Driving this Z moderately and its giving me 2mpg's less.

Are you boosted? Haha. That's probably what I get after getting turbos.

My normal city driving is about 19-22 MPG, and highway is around 22-24. With or without turbos, that's what you'll see for daily and casual spirited driving (short bursts of boost haha). Of course, MPG will be even lower if I constantly flog it in traffic. Everyone can tell my driving habits by looking at the exhaust tips.

Couple years ago I was having a trip and driving my 350z(at that time) to Boston from Toronto, so it is a 9 hours drive and I took off at around 12:00am so I'll arrive in the morning.

About half way I have to feed her so I stop by the service center and give her a full tank. So I fed her the gas and when the pump stopped, I saw the price on the display was almost $20 less than what I usually pay in Toronto.

I was like, "mmm.... the pump stops too early, it's not full yet......", since it is in gallon, so I have no idea how much gas I have put in because we use liter in Canada and it was 3am in the morning...

I tried to pump more gas in since I thought the tank wasn't full yet... then eventually realized the fuel price in US is just fricking cheap!!

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that's because big oil is subsidized by our taxes...so we really are still paying more for it