The Wages of Slow

[adrive7]

Originally Posted by Noel

But when it comes to simple being able to get across this big country in a reasonable amount of time, I want to know that when I'm driving through Kansas, I can drop a few extra bucks, and CO2, and get the hell through the state!

I'm the same way. Around town and going to work I take my sweet time. I'm usually not in a hurry to get anywhere, so I drive the speed limit or slightly under playing the numbers on my scangauge.

But when it comes to the long road trips (like 400 miles to college), my foot usually finds its way a little further into the pedal to get there a bit faster. If it costs me a bit more, so be it.

[roflwaffle]

Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob

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.

That's about what I see in my car, actually closer to ~25/35mpg, but at ~19mpg combined it seems to be pretty close to the fleet average at ~17mpg.