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3 stripes behind a big rig is right at 130 feet, a little less than two seconds depending on your speed. After almost 24 k miles with a good bit of that in traffic so heavy you get cut off if you leave more space (average separation 3-4 car lengths or 60 feet), my Fiesta's front end still looks great as well as the windshield and it was wrecked and repainted 24k miles ago.
I think I'm #38 on the gas car list and thats an auto tranny. My average speed is close to 40 MPH or higher on almost every tank.
I could P&G engine on and hit 65 if I wanted to average 25 MPH. I generally don't draft when traffic is light, mostly when it is unavoidable, which here is most of the time, and as was posted previously big rig drivers are professionals, expecially thoseewho are employees of corporations like WalMart or UPS. Another advantage is they are "agressive driver repellants".
regards
Mech
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