I will add, on the highway, top down makes a big hit to fuel mileage. So the 300 miles and only using 10 gallons, that's a reasonable expectation top up.

Top down not so much.

 

I'll have to check Top-Down vs Top-Up mileage more closely. And Top-Up w/AC too. Naaah, too much like work -- 300 miles is my planning range regardless.

-- Chuck

 

The most miles I've put on the S in one day was 770 miles, and we were beat when we got home(top down 100%). The longest road trip in the S was 8700 miles. Coast to coast to coast. We must have over a dozen trips of 3000 miles or more in our '06, and we have cruised at 90 to 100 mph for over one hour. Out west you can find highways where even the trucks are doing 80 to 85 with groups of cars going 100+. Never had any problems with the S, can't say the same thing for the cops that pulled us(7 cars) over. When they found out we didn't know each other they let us off with a warning.

Go on your drive and have fun. No worry's about the S

Rod

 

Drove mine 1600 miles in 3 days from FL to MN
Was very enjoyable. Car loved it...

 

None of you have gone as far as Musk's Tesla roadster. That's over 2 billion miles. (sorry couldn't help myself)

 

Does the enjoyment meter still register in the winter?

 

When I lived in MN mine got parked for the winter. Mainly because of all the salt on the roads, but also because of the cold and other drivers I couldn't trust to put decent tires on their car to match the conditions.

 

Yes the car sits all winter. So the enjoyment meter becomes the anticipation meter. Though it's sad to have it sit, in the spring when I get it out it's always a great feeling.
I wouldn't even drive this type of vehicle in the winter conditions. Salt, chemicals, pot holes galore... it would be destroyed in no time.

BTW - my avatar was me loading it on a truck to ship to LTH in FL to get supercharged... no wasn't driving around in snow haha...

 

What kills the engine is the insane piston speed when the engine is pressed to top Speed over some Minutes. Autobahn here. "Hey, lets se how fast this S2000 goes... " Ka-Boom.
Owners here simply dont understand what piston speed means and how much a S2000 piston weighs on upper and lower dead center in the cylinder at 9.000 RPM.
(F20C: 2280 Kg / 5026 lbs at 9000 RPM ) Explained here at around minute 15.oo: The engine will last forever with only 4.500 RPM. It´s absolutely safe. When i do a road trip here, over the Autobahn, my speed limit is 7.000 RPM. Occasional short redlining for passing other cars, but never for long.


Mine also sits over winter. Better and saver. It´s a joy every spring to have this car back on the road.

 

Interesting side note how Chevy engineered the 8600 rpm super V8 that is going into the new Corvettes:
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"Chevy solved the vibration issue with LT6 engine by minimizing piston speeds, by opting for a large 4.11-inch bore and short 3.15-inch stroke. The result is a 103-mph peak piston speed at redline (for example a the 5.2L in the Shelby Mustang has 114 mph piston speed). Vibration was also helped by the use of titanium piston rods from Austria-based Pankl Racing Systems. Even the aluminum harmonic balancer helps in the battle to solve flat-plane crank vibrations. There are still some vibrations, but nothing detrimental to the car, the LT6, or the Corvette Z06's mission to be baddest Corvette ever built."

Add this all up and you end up with the most powerful naturally aspirated factory engine ever stuffed into a Corvette: 670 hp at 8,400 rpm (with an 8,600-rpm redline) and 460 lb-ft of twist at 6,300 rpm should be enough to get anyone's attention. And, no, the 8,600-rpm part wasn't a typo, thanks to the super-lightweight rotating guts, short stroke, and oversquare cylinders.

The LT6’s torque curve is essentially a flat line, with a subtle pip located at the engine’s 460 lb-ft, 6300-rpm peak. Combined with the astounding 670-hp at 8400 rpm, that stands as a new record for naturally aspirated V-8 engines, eclipsing the 622-hp achieved by Mercedes-Benz with its 6.2-liter, V-8-powered AMG Black Series coupes of 2013–2015. Energized by this new V-8, Z06 C8s are expected to click off the 0–60-mph run in just 2.6 seconds.

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Good Hagerty article on the LT6


https://www.hagerty.com/media/mainte...k-achievement/