94 z28 question

what kind of gas mileage are we looking at?

the person im thinking about buying it from says it get 8 if your gunning it around town and about 14-16.

can that be right?

my dads f150 triton V8 gets 16-18 mpg.

manual or auto?? could be the guy just didnt know how to drive. i got an average 23mpg on the highway out of my 89 IROC 5.7L TPI

if youre gunning it around town you'll get less but i don't think 8. Id say 12-14. It's not like your going to be running around with high rpms anyways. The gears are wide enough where 3k in third gear would be around 50 miles per hour, and you'd be getting not great, but not bad gas mileage. However the wonderful 6-Speed gets almost 30 miles per gallon on the highway in top gear so there are weakness's but there are advantages also.

its an automatic with 87000 miles on it. it also has all the options of the time except leather seats. it has one bubbled up spot on the paint where it has chipped and one scratch on the underside of the spoiler, it has t-tops and everything. there are also some aftermarket rims on it. it started up fine and sounded good. i didnt get to see how it "really" drove because the guy forgot to take the park brake off. i dont think it will hurt anything but the pads cause we drove it only for like 10-15 min. but he wants to sell it for $5000 i can probably talk him down to 4500 and then hopefully someone will buy my 95 V6 camaro. im thinking about selling it for 2000-2500. (i got it for 2500 and have more money in it though)

. i didnt get to see how it "really" drove because the guy forgot to take the park brake off.

one reason, perhaps.. his fuel milage is so bad??

My cousin (94 z28 auto) says he gets avg 21mpg on the highway, he's not sure what in the city. I can tell you he doesn't putt around much either so you be the judge.

lol, he drove it with the parking brake on???? well first you need some new parking brake shoes, and yes thats probly a main reason the mileage is so bad. but on top of that, when was the last time it had a tune up? it could just be running like crap. and all you need are some fresh parts to get it up and running right again.

i love the six speed on the highway, it just seems to be so much easier on the motor to be running like 70 mph at 1700-1800 rpms

>_> I had a Nissan Frontier (2.4 L I-4 ) that got 9 mpg.

Couldn't you all tell he had the parking brake on? My grandmother had a 94 Camaro, and she left the parking brake on one day in her driveway, my uncle got in and drove, and he could tell pretty fast because we could smell the pads burning or whatever you would call them going away.

well this guy couldnt have been a genius.. the parking brake is right in the middle of everything.. how do you not notice it.. not to mention the BRAKE light on the dash...