Article I enjoyed from the last issue of Road & Track. Since I've been around a long time, nothing I didn't know, but I enjoyed the read

Lou

 

Good read, thanks for posting. Our F's are and will be forever a rare breed.

 

Just read this yesterday. Unfortunately the ever increasing CAFE fuel economy standards will ultimately kill the v8. Just another reason I love my F and will hold onto it for a long time.

 

Thanks for the read Lou! Loved the history lesson and makes me even happier to know I'm driving what I LOVE- a naturally aspirated V-8 And I agree that sound is unmatchable!

 

Good read!! Not that I took the F and it's V-8 for granted because I didn't, but this reassures why I bought this car and makes me love it a little bit more

 

i love the v8 sound and also the fuel economy this car provides compare to like a M3 which sucks gas like no other lol

 

Gotta love getting better gas mileage on the highway than my brothers brand new NX, while makes more than twice the power.

 

The gas economy on this particular V8 is nice for sure. Not having that gas guzzler tax that the competitors had to tack onto their sales price with their V8 variants is pretty sweet as well. Not all V8s are created equally, as we all know, and I am a proud to own this one. It certainly won't beat all the cars out there, but how its packaged and delivered from the factory is a rather terrific car, I'd say. After eight and one-half years of ownership, she still brings a giant grin on my face when I start her up and go for a drive.

 

man that is 100% true cause my old m3 was terrible on gas lol. I know nobody buys m3 and F's for gas mileage but that m3 was just hella inefficient when it came to gas. I think freeway cruising speed I could touch like 24mpg max

 

Probably the thing I hate most isn't the "quest" for more efficient engines, but when manufacturers "build to the test" without actually improving economy. From what I understand, many believe the CAFE test methodology (drive cycles) is biased towards smaller forced induction engines. Although many larger V8 or V6 engines will have similar or better real world mileage results than their smaller/higher revving engines, this isn't reflected in how CAFE approaches the test design. That is why many of us who have owned other cars, especially turbo cars, never got the mileage that the numbers on the window led us believe we would get. A recent case in point...http://www.edmunds.com/ford/f-150/20...-liter-v8.html. Maybe if the test methodology changes, the V8 can make a comeback! Not likely though considering the packaging benefits that smaller engines offer.

 

my friend has an M6 manual and he barely gets like 15/17 at the most even highway lol i am happy with 19/20mpg on the F with some aspirated driving daily

 

Wow, even 19/20 seems a bit low. I took a road trip this past weekend about 2.5 hours each way through some west MD hills and after about 330 miles with traffic and AC and 2 people and some luggage my avg was still 24.5. I've gotten up to 28-29 easy with no AC and straight shots of an hour or 2. I know it's not what the car is meant for, but it just sips when it's on the highway which is a big daily driver plus. My combined commute avg is is 20-21 though.

 

Are you bolt on or stock? I have PPE EL headers and dual mode exhaust and the best I can get, with highway driving is 19 mpg, lol. Granted, I'm at 5,300 ft elevation, but I haven't seen over 20 mpg. On the way back from Phoenix where I bought the car, I averaged 22-23 mpg on the highway lol.

 

Borla catback, joeZ intake with AFE filter, and lighter than stock wheels(though with the wider rubber not sure it helps). I'd like to get headers but don't think I could stand the sound, and I would absolutelty fail the cat sniffer test here in north VA and don't want to go through the install/uninstall every year. I believe your elevation is the main issue. Hate to brag about MPG in a sports sedan with 400+ ponies, but it makes it an easy sell as a reliable daily driver.