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Originally Posted by Arragonis
Tried an alternative route around Edinburgh - basically going the other way around the city instead of the route I normally take. The distance is about the same, maybe an additional mile in the new route compared to the normal one.
In the mornings it really isn't a starter due to the time it takes because of traffic - roughly 50% longer depending on when I set off.
On the way home though it takes about the same time - maybe 2-5 minutes more - and the traffic flow is more "hypermile friendly" - i.e. no crawling traffic, you are either moving or not so the engine can be shut off. Got an average of 82.3 using that route vs high 60s on my normal route. I need to try it a few more times to check traffic flows now that people are getting back into the miserable existence of working in Edinburgh after the break.
<SmallRant>Edinburgh is a city where the council hates people using cars but allows the building of things like shopping centres and zillions of new shopping centres, apartment blocks, and even the offices of uk.gov in Scotland by the waterfront, which means zillions of people want to drive there.
Buses are no use as they have to use the same roads and the new train set (i.e. the trams) don't go there - genius!</SmallRant>
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I don't envy you, that top part is a nightmare! I have a garage I use in Restalrig, and getting in/out of there can be hellish.
how far along the a720 do you have to go to get to work (what Junction?) ever considered the "Midlothian" side of things? penty roads that run parallel
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EDIT - Other planned mods now I have some spare pennies will be LED tail and indicator bulbs - already have LED sidelights - and perhaps some DRLs on the front like the new Aygo has.
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where did you get the sidelights? tempted to get them and led indicators for the BMW- reduce the current consumption. Headlights will get the 50% brighter h1 (55w) bulbs, as I'm a fan of seeing where I'm going
