The 5.0 Litre Dillemma!

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Originally Posted by fantz

Told my dad last night on the phone i'm buying a v8, he said i must have money to burn, but he's never been a fan of 8 pots. The car i'm buying will be used for long trips up to Albury which i do frequently and a few jaunts around the suburbs, so it shouldn't use too much juice. Even if it does, who cares it sounds great huhuhuhuhuh

Like you say, long trips are pretty good in a V8 usually. Drove the inlaws Corvette to adelaide and it averaged 10.0L per 100ks. I wouldnt get that out of my manual XR6 ute! Stop start is what kills the fuel consumption.

I bet once you let your old man have a drive of your v8 and he hears the rumble he'll be jealous!