A Chevrolet Corvette has much better fuel economy than Audi's S4 V-8
01-31-2003, 06:18 AM
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TWELVE MILES PER GALLON...
...that is downright pathetic. Even with a chip and a constant lead foot and not one iota of freeway or highway driving, I don't think I could get less than about 14mpg in my 2.7T S4. And I'd probably get more like 16mpg (even with the lead foot). Hell, my 5000-lb. '86 Suburban got 10mpg in city driving, and I had two throttle positions in that thing: Wide open and off. One thing I liked about my current S4's 2.7T engine so much was that I only got about 1mpg worse gas mileage than I got with my 12v 2.8 engine in my previous A4, and that can probably be simply attributed to 500 pounds of extra weight.
01-31-2003, 07:44 AM
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It's the stop and go that kills mileage. My S4 does great when I can keep moving...
...looking at Audis other cars with the 4.2L V8, I don't think that the fuel economy for the new S4 will be that much worse than the old one.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/s4b6/msgs/3685.phtml">Here's a comparison.</a></li></ul>
02-03-2003, 03:04 PM
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Will have to wait for official #'s....
But if 12MPG's is indeed the best that the new S4 can do for City driving, then forget it!
I will be heading straight to my dealer to get my deposit back...which really sucks
I will be heading straight to my dealer to get my deposit back...which really sucks