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Old 10-01-2013, 12:30 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by mechman600 View Post
Believe me, 60 km/h in 740m is very slow. Painfully slow. Like old man with a beard driving a Volvo slow. I am very happy that my findings revealed that slow acceleration doesn't really help economy...it's all about what you do afterwards.
There were a few times when, before I had my bike back, I would drive to the grocery store half a mile away or one of the nearby Mexican restaurants. Thinking that I would get astronomical mileage by driving without accelerating, since it was night and the street was empty, I would just idle the entire way there. It would have been faster to ride my bike and properly secure it once there!

I forget what my mileage was, but I drove the speed limit, or a little higher, as soon as I saw the number.
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