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Originally Posted by ryankalel
I drive 115 miles to work one way, 230 round trip. I live in Southeastern Utah and work in Southwestern Utah.
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Maybe this is too obvious, but can't you find a room (or even camp in a tent) near your work, and go home on weekends? 'Cause 8 hours working (+1 for lunch), 5 driving, and 8 sleeping means you aren't really spending quality time at home anyway.
I used to do a similar commute, only it was 250 miles once a week, and that was killer enough.
But for mpg, the "drive 55" doesn't really hold in the mountains. You MAY, depending on gearing and where your car's most efficient BSFC is, get better mpg by going faster on some uphills. Downhill you want to use gravity to go as fast as is reasonable for driving conditions. Coasting in neutral, though, bypasses the deceleration fuel cutoff, so you might actually wind up using more fuel to keep the engine idling...