What did you do to/for your V today?
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well, it was there a little before, it's just clicking more now to the point that it's more noticeable. Sorry for the confusion.
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Saturday, 12-17-22, took Pearl for a drive from St. Pete to Brooksville to attend a wedding.
Decided to run an MPG "experiment".
Running around town, I get roughly (with mods in the signature line) 7.5 to 8.8 running around St. Pete with 10 to 12 of total Interstate driving per day along with 4 miles of city stop light driving. Some days I "might" have bursts going from 78 to 120s on a stretch early in the morning. Weeks I do that push me to the 7.5 and weeks I don't, I see that upper 8 range.
Since I was going up I decided to drive Pearl at 78-82 and "maybe" only keep the burst to a level where I'm not attracting FHP that patrol the Suncoast parkway. So doing that and having 3 bursts, my MPG was 14.568.
Coming home from the wedding and the 1 hour and 25 minute estimated drive I made a promise to myself to stay out of the boost and cruised at 69. My fuel MPG went up to 18.8.
So now I know I can do St. Pete to Miami and "make it" if I do that....it just won't be as much fun.
It might sound weird, but when I'm cruising at the 82, I feel like I'm a Mako shark. Just cruising along confident that I can take on pretty much any prey on the highway looking to play.
Decided to run an MPG "experiment".
Running around town, I get roughly (with mods in the signature line) 7.5 to 8.8 running around St. Pete with 10 to 12 of total Interstate driving per day along with 4 miles of city stop light driving. Some days I "might" have bursts going from 78 to 120s on a stretch early in the morning. Weeks I do that push me to the 7.5 and weeks I don't, I see that upper 8 range.
Since I was going up I decided to drive Pearl at 78-82 and "maybe" only keep the burst to a level where I'm not attracting FHP that patrol the Suncoast parkway. So doing that and having 3 bursts, my MPG was 14.568.
Coming home from the wedding and the 1 hour and 25 minute estimated drive I made a promise to myself to stay out of the boost and cruised at 69. My fuel MPG went up to 18.8.
So now I know I can do St. Pete to Miami and "make it" if I do that....it just won't be as much fun.
It might sound weird, but when I'm cruising at the 82, I feel like I'm a Mako shark. Just cruising along confident that I can take on pretty much any prey on the highway looking to play.
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Thanks for sharing the data.
In contemplating the purchase of my CTS-V at no point did I even think about fuel mileage. Prior to embarking on the drive from PA to GA after I bought the car, the seller did mention to me to make sure I get gas off his highway exit as there aren't going to be many more options. Glad I followed that advice as there weren't any other options for a long time and that was the point where I started to do the math on our gas mileage. Candidly, it sucks. I still absolutely love this car and gas mileage will certainly not change that opinion but at least I know that it's going to drink fuel on the long road trips. I'm sure we all could do more to try to get better fuel efficiency, however to borrow a term someone else referenced on here, that would cut into our "smiles per gallon".
Getting gas every 150-170 miles works out great on long trips, since one usually needs to take a piss around 1.5-2hr mark 
Only hard part is if you trying to stay on E, since 93 is so much less fun. I have like most of E stations from TX to GA mapped/saved on my gasbuddy app, lol.
Only hard part is if you trying to stay on E, since 93 is so much less fun. I have like most of E stations from TX to GA mapped/saved on my gasbuddy app, lol.
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Getting gas every 150-170 miles works out great on long trips, since one usually needs to take a piss around 1.5-2hr mark
Only hard part is if you trying to stay on E, since 93 is so much less fun. I have like most of E stations from TX to GA mapped/saved on my gasbuddy app, lol.
I don't have that bladder size....4 to 6 hours. Trained aboard USS Omaha while standing midwatch as Helmsman-Planesman-COW-DO. IF you needed piss breaks that frequently....well lets say you weren't given preferential duty later.
@midnight02 find out what your "E" level is. When I'm at E, I have 3 more gallons.
I should've added that I chug energy drinks and/or coffee on long trips, lol. obviously I don't got to go every 2 hours during regular times.
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I don't want to find out the hard way!
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Totally get that. I get the pucker factor before touching it. But when touching it, mine takes 15ish gallons to fill up.
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That picture is loaded with inspirational fun goodies -- the sweet new flat bottom leather wheel, the paddle shifter setup and the Llyod's mats. I'm rocking the Weathertech mats with the V logos on them -- they are wonderfully practical given that I'm toting kids back and forth to sporting events, but they don't look nearly as cool as the plush mats!
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The mats are the Lloyd Ultimats. The paddles are actually for a VW Golf that I grafted to the stock buttons and cost about $17 from ebay.
What you barely see under the steering wheel on the left is my HP Tuners MPVI2+ hanging there.
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So, I'm going to need to apologize for the poor photo quality and the fact they're ridiculously dirty. The weather has been rough around here and I haven't had the time to clean it up the way I would like. Found the V logos on DrewsDecals. Perfect fit -- just pull the WeatherTech logos off and pop these on.
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The decals are high quality -- same material used for the Airaid CAI emblems. I'm not a big fan of the yellow Airaid emblem or the color in general (of course that would be the caliper cover for the car I ended up buying but I digress) so I picked up a V logo for that as well. Turned out pretty good and just one subtle point of customization I could get some instant gratification on.
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He seems to be quite popular on the V facebook pages lol
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