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Calling All Statisticians
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Originally Posted by roflwaffle
Isn't it more? I mean, at 60mph it'll take someone an hour to go 60 miles, and at 80mph it'll take 45 minutes to go 60 miles. If the average sedan gets 20mpg@80mph and 30mpg@60mph, it'll take $12 to go 80mph and $8 to go 60mph, so isn't not spending $4 to save 15 minutes more like saving $16/hour?  |
That's the formula alright, but the chart I quoted does not have such a severe jump in mileage on any individual vehicle. I wonder if we could look up the numbers for a lot of different vehicles and post the savings rates for different reduction ranges.
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