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Originally Posted by Old Mechanic
Yo Basjoos, seems like some other person on some other forum thinks you should be crawling around and averaging 22 MPH so you can get super mileage.
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regards
Mech |
That's a bit distorted if it's the forum I help moderate. The branding might be overdone...it's not hypermiling vs ecomod - you can do both.
I'd love to have the know-how to do a 3-wheeled motorcycle like the 125mpg HyperRocket, but I'd probably still hang around in the 45-60 mph range unless I have long highway trips, then would do around 60 if not in a time crunch.
At about 50mph and above, most of the fuel is to overcome wind resistance.
I'd like to challenge those routinely above 65 to try going a bit slower if the commute is not a really long haul. I'm NOT talking about going 22 or close to that - just going the posted speed limit or somewhat slower.
In most cases the majority of speeding proponents are doing it for behavioral reasons.
Basjoos, I'm not picking on you.