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Originally Posted by Frank Lee
That was just straight math. As noted the stops heavily influence trip times.
How much faster do you have to go to make up for, say, two 45-minute meal breaks?
595/80= 7hrs 24min; -90min= 6hrs 14min; you'd have to go 95.5mph
595/55= 10hrs 49min; -90min= 9hrs 19min; you'd have to go 63.8mph
Also slowing for towns or construction zones or any such thing means you'd have to otherwise go faster to maintain that average.
I usually have food and drink in the car, and when I fill with gas I FILL and then don't gas up again until near empty- except if there's a screaming deal on fuel I can't pass up- so my fuel/potty stops are much fewer and much quicker than that of the average bear's, as evidenced by me seeing certain vehicles pass me multiple times on the same trip. I get there at about the same time as the Speedy Gonzalez' do.  |
Hurray for being efficient, and laughing at others for wasting more to do barely the same. I also appreciate when someone speeds past me, and then I pass them, as they are on the side of the road- introducing themselves to a Statie.