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Originally Posted by Lazarus
8 MPG for 10 mph. Pretty easy FE gain. Tell me again way the National speed limits is not 55?
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Let's see: You can drive a Chevy Astrovan at 63 mph instead of 73, and go from 18 mpg to 26. Or you can drive a Honda Insight instead of the Chevy, and go from 26 mpg to 70.
Now tell me, which of these has more effect on fuel consumption? So why are people still talking about 55 mph speed limits (Which were tried before, remember?), and not building vehicles with decent fuel economy?
PS: And notice that the improvement was going from 73 to 63, but not going slower. So why 55 as the limit, instead of 65?