[larrybuck]

If you are not driving in a wasteful manner, you should not feel guilty about when you drive, and about that you actually enjoy your time behind the wheel.

I understand the long trip; extra day if I go slower thought pattern, but for myself; it would be inexpensive campgrounds, or even less then that, instead of a motel/hotel.

This shows how different we all are, the values we were raised with: what is considered NORMAL to us!

I crave long road trips 5 states away at 50mph. Would enjoy going 70mph IF I had the wearwithall to afford a vehicle that could give me the early 60's mpg. my current ride gives me at 50mph. I do ALL I can to help faster traffic get by.

For those of us who can't afford a new car every 6 years or so, or don't like that new of a vehicle: some of us don't turn off the engine at every stoplight, we don't gas it up to 80% potential going up steep hills, and mountains....BECAUSE: we are driving vehicles with over 200,000 miles, or income is low, or non existant, so we want our rides to LAST basically forever, so we minimize any potential extra electrical wear, and tear, and keep the rpm's as low as possible because we want that engine to last forever!

Not exactly the dream situation, but the hard facts some of us have to live with.

It's my knowing the potential of harder times, that led me to wanting a 62.9 mpg ride. If I was fat, and happy $$ wise; conserving would probably never crossed my mind.

My cloud has its 62.9mpg lining, and I'm very proud of that. Regular was $4.17.9 around here just a couple of weeks ago. We know more of that, and more will return.

Just saying each situation is different. Its so easy to look down our nose at someone who doesn't think just like us club.