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Originally Posted by ajax_6531
Most of my driving has been short trips - to and from work. The past couple of days, I've had to drive about 50-60 miles on Interstate, other highway, and city streets. I've found that I got more miles on this tank than the 3 previous tanks. Being that I work nights, I end up in some pretty crappy traffic, and couldn't really help but to go with the flow of traffic. So, can anyone tell me why I get better mileage driving faster than slower?
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Yeah,the stop & go kills your momentum and will eat your lunch.And any trip less than 22 miles means the car never completely warms up,so it's road load is higher than in the longer commute.I loose half my mpg in town,where it could be the other way around.Welcome to traffic!Hybrids help a little here,as they recover some of the otherwise"lost" energy,but as long as congestion persists,we'll be forced to pay the extra tribute at the gas pump.