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Of course not, but time is valuable no matter when it is cashed in. How many would stay a measly 6 minutes longer at work each day without pay?
Never had a job where that would figure in. Whether 6, 10 or 30-minutes, I might hang around if the traffic would ease some. Go have a beer, what-not. Same with arriving 15-minutes or more early if that meant an easier drive on the way in.
Same, again, as hauling tail on a cross-country. Very few stretches there are of several hundred miles without a slowdown along the way. It's hard to maintain 65 or 70. So running at 58 allows me to not ever come off the CC for the inevitable 55-mph zone (where somewhat prudent). I've tried arguing this on other boards, and as best I can tell the value of the purported time-savings is spent with the channel changer.
I'll not deny it's hard to change childish habits (we learned to drive as children), but it pays cash money. One little bit at a time, with comfortable changes does the average mph and the average mpg creep upwards together.
My time is valuable. And I'll not throw it away any more by acquiring unnecessary non-deductible, non-reimbursed expenses. As principle. This summer, due to the heat and short miles, I allowed my mpg to decline as the idle time for A/C use rose. Now that's over with, time to acquire a new skill level via a BSFC map and different shift/cruise rpms.
Income level is irrelevant to this.
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