rijowysock

this is in sport mode mostly, notice average speed so was cruising 90+, not ******* it... very impressive average... i can only imagine what it would have been at speed limit with coasting enabled.

SSST

Turn in your man card right now. Posting an mpg thread on a sports car forum.. What are you thinking?

Yes my 996tt gets better gas mileage than any vehicle I own, but it's embarrassing. I don't tell anybody that.

Btw. I get 27 mpg at 75 on flatland.

DrJay

During one of my two test drives of the new S I saw 30mpg...

zanwar

No reason why a slippery low slung car shouldn't get 30mpg on the highway. Our Range Rover Sport gets 23 and it cuts through the air like a slightly polished brick. I thought the most interesting thing in the pic was your music selection, not a bad track.

rijowysock

I'm sorry but when i'm on a road trip and having fun, I enjoy not having to fill my tank up every 300 miles... the fact that our cars are good on gas is never a bad thing especially if your driving it how you want..

my lotus exige supercharged got over 30mpg on the highway, and it had an 9 gallon tank... I dont even want to think about the headache if it was a vette or something with 10mpg highway... would be an annoying drive anywhere/everywhere


yes sports cars should get good mileage by default (aerodynamic and light) but most of them do not... i.e. maserati/aston/bentley/vette/viper/any ferrari/etc...

fbroen

I don't see any downsides to good mpg. After all, obsessive engineering is why I like the brand.

So the Nav does show the speed limit in the U.S, cool. I was afraid this was a euro feature only.

rijowysock

you have to choose in menu (too many options on that menu)

WCE

Hate to be a buzz kill, but Porsche has simply caught up in the mpg dept. Vettes have been getting 25+ mpg on the highway for years, and it really doesn't involve brain surgery. It simply takes an efficient powertrain, a fuel injection system that shuts off when coasting, and most importantly gearing to keep the revs down on the highway. The downside is the car isn't ready to "jump" without a downshift.
My 996TT never got over 24mpg so to do so must require being really careful with the throttle and no 80+ speeds. My first Porsche, a used 928, never got much over 20 mpg. The main reason? 3000rpm at 80mph with a V8 in top gear - but she was ready to go!

skinzy

One of the many reasons I choose the 991 was mpg. I admire efficiency. Sloppy engineering to do otherwise.

jmm

I own a 991 and get good gas mileage. I haven't had a Corvette since 1996 but before that I had plenty of them. They always got 25+ mpg on the highway at slightly more than legal speed. The current model is rated 26 mpg and it can be better than that if the terrain is flat. I really never had a complaint with Corvette mileage.

morsini

If you're keeping track of mileage - you're missing the point. You can get a Prius for that.

SSST

I have to decry society's ever-decreasing ability to recognize and enjoy sarcastic banter and irony.

shizzle

The mileage is fantastic! I drove up from Toronto to Mosport on the weekend, and used less than 10L of gas, and I didn't even use 7th gear. In my M3, the same drive would take well over half a tank.

Mike in CA

Can't there be more than one point?

speed21

Drive it harder. That should go toward fixing the problem. Fuel is the cheapest thing you can put into one of these cars...