Comments on: EcoDriving 101 – Reducing Speed

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:48:48 +0000

I discovered years ago that rushing around didn’t get me where I was going a whole lot quicker.

I stopped trying to drive everywhere at 20mph over the limit, and just went with the flow (at or slightly under the speed limit)
Then I noticed other people driving the way I used to – like they’re on a mission – passing me in a hurry, then having to stop at the next intersection a mile down the road, or slow down behind a bus or a truck, with me right behind them.
I find it really relaxing to just sit behind a truck and bimble along without the stress of trying to overtake or worry about the goon behind who’s trying to push everyone out of his way.

By: matthew payne

matthew payne — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:07:53 +0000

sorry 55 is too slow….

By: SpongeBob

SpongeBob — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 23:15:13 +0000

I slowed down. Its so much more enjoyable going a bit slower! And trying to ‘hyper mile’ is quite a cool game to play against the wife. It used to be who can get there the quickest, but now its switched to who can get the best fuel economy….

By: Shane Labs

Shane Labs — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:26:18 +0000

There’s a calculator that shows this exactly this effect over at http://www.mpgforspeed.com/

Great post, very good info….

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:49:38 +0000

I have been wanting a graph of speed vs. fuel economy for my ‘03 Mazda Protege LX forever…exactly like the one in this article.

Is there somewhere on-line I can generate one of my own?

Thanks,
Matthew