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Good Day,

Lately i have been thinking about having a 1969 Corvette small block 4 speed as a daily driver, but i am unsure of the running costs.

Driving conservatively, how much fuel would a stock 350 use?, driving 30km a day in traffic for work and maybe 200km on the freeway for weekends.

I have driven with 3.36 ratio and this was an all round good ratio for around town and freeway use. A lot of cars have the 3.08 ratio especially if the car has AC, what is it like driving a 3.08 in traffic?. Also a lot of cars can have the 3.70 ratio, this would be good for around town but maybe too much fuel on the freeway.

Thanks

bfit:
With the stock 4speed you would have to go 3.08 gears  and  at least 27'' of tyres
A later model say a 79 with ls1 and 6 speed would work much better with 3.7 gears.
And make a  good vehicle a better option.
Bfit

StephenSLR:

--- Quote from: Popeye on January 24, 2017, 10:02:02 AM ---Driving conservatively, how much fuel would a stock 350 use?
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How long is a piece of string?  There's too many variables.

I have two classic cars and wouldn't use either as a daily driver. I drive them weekly and swap between the two, it delays the costs of maintaining them if I were to have only one. One's more for practical use, the other more for shows and cruises. For getting from A to B I take public transport, it's pretty good where I am in Sydney and I wouldn't risk parking my cars in a car park.

Fuel price is the least of your worries, if you have money to burn on repairs and don't mind seeing your car deteriorate quicker than usual then good luck to you; it's great to see these old cars on the roads today.

 :thumb:

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bfit:
I can tell you a BB c3 with 3.08 gears would do 2 tanks on a 300 k trip
If the fuel worries you that much you may have to look at a vehicle with a tier 4 engine
Bfit

StephenSLR:

--- Quote from: Popeye on January 24, 2017, 02:24:01 PM ---How bad could these cars be?. If its been restored well mechanically, shouldn't it be reliable to drive every day.
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They definitely can be made reliable, the problem is when something goes bung ... and it happens with every car, you may not just be able to buy a part off the shelf. I had a clutch cable go on me and my car was out of action for months coming up with a solution that wouldn't see me left in the lurch again. It's now even more reliable that I've put in hydraulics but when something fails, as it will, I'll be paying more than an off the shelf item and may have to import it.


--- Quote from: Popeye on January 24, 2017, 02:24:01 PM ---The way i am thinking is, if i have to drive a car everyday, i might as well drive something i want to drive and happy to learn about and fix.
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 :thumb:

I don't own anything post 1976


--- Quote from: Bfit on January 24, 2017, 03:37:14 PM ---If the fuel worries you that much ..
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.... don't buy a V8 or get a car with a smaller V8. They can be economical with conservative carbs and driven efficiently, I own 2 V8's and I don't know what it's like to own a 4 cyl. so paying more for fuel is normal to me. 

I rented a 4 cyl when I went on holidays and was surprised how little fuel costs were but now I'm back in the real world with my V8's paying what I usually pay. You just get used to it and paying more becomes normal. If fuel is a concern, a V8 simply may not be for you, it'll never get the same mileage as a Kia Rio.

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