[Arragonis]

The light is a PITA - traffic crawls in waves towards it for about 1/2 a mile. If you coast engine off then apparently its a crime against humanity - how dare you leave more than 10 ft in front of you - beep, move up...

When I'm crawling toward the light I can watch the average drop from close on 50 to just over 40. With my new route I can keep the average at 47-49 before I pass the snarl up light and get onto the bypass.

I have wondered about temps and starting but apart from the first start I don't get smoke on startup - Helga is probably due some glow plugs and she's a little reluctant to get up on cold mornings - aren't we all these days - and even if I sit idling in the queue the temps don't get up. They get up when I start to pull onto the bypass.

Then its the first crawl on the bypass up the hill to the ski slope that kills it down again to 45-47. A little light cruising to where I come off and I can get it back up to 50-52 and I can keep it there until I stop at work.

On the way back of course its downhill so I can get up to 48 before the bypass, up to mid-60s, sometimes 70+ when I come off and then it will stay 60-65 until the next crawl section and then a steep hill - so it drops to 55. Just now there are some roadworks so it drops again.

Without these when I get home I will have an average of 50-55, just now its 45-50.