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Old 12-02-2023, 5:57am   #1
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Default 2999.6 Mile Road Trip in a C5 Vert
Orlando to Charleston, Asheville, Nashville, Bowling Green, West Lafayette IN, Indianapolis, Louisville, Lexington, Kingsport TN, back to Orlando. Great trip, did a few distilleries and other sights. If you wonder how much you can load in a C5 Vert, a bunch of stuff.
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Old 12-02-2023, 6:44am   #2
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Looks like a great trip! What kind of mileage did you get on it?
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Damn, how many warm meals did you stop for?
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Looks like a great trip! What kind of mileage did you get on it?
Average for the trip was 28.6. It is a 6M car, and lots of highway.
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Looks like fun!

But you couldn't make one more trip around the block?
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Average for the trip was 28.6. It is a 6M car, and lots of highway.

When we have performance cars getting mileage like that, who needs EVs?
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When we have performance cars getting mileage like that, who needs EVs?
Drag racers.
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Loved how much you could fit in the trunk of my C5's....just couldn't put top down when full
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Convertible Tetris. I know it well.
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Old 12-02-2023, 1:34pm   #10
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Looks like fun!

But you couldn't make one more trip around the block?
Wife said "Okay, let's do it. Just make sure it doesn't end up being 3000 miles.
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Average for the trip was 28.6. It is a 6M car, and lots of highway.
You must have a heavy foot. CFOT says 35 at least.
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You must have a heavy foot. CFOT says 35 at least.
It was a mix of interstate, in town, mountains. Lots of stop and go in places we visited, not disappointed at all.
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This would be a great story for Doug to cover in Corvsport or whatever blog that is.

Ron, congrats on a cool trip. 30+ MPG is a win, IMO. Especially in a performance car.
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Sounds like a fun trip but not a huge feet considering it’s comfort level is only matched by a C6.

Drove my C6 from Nashville to Okla City making one stop for gas only .. got home and was ready to party .. true story
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I took my C5Z on a 300ish mile day trip, 30.9mpg taking it easy, the long 6th gear is really handy. C5s and C6s were good reliable cars, not exceptionally comfortable cars, but hell...if i wanted a comfy car id have kept my 89 Fleetwood...which had less than half the power and got 21mpg
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My vette has run flats on them so I run them flat as instructed. It's a very uncomfortable ride so I can't do road trips.
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