So I had to drive about 180 miles each way this weekend. I'd say 90%+ highway.
First leg: hit some rush hour traffic on the way out, but no complete crawl, I'd say 40mph to 60 mph during the rush; later on, followed traffic flow and had some stretches of 85mph, with some short bursts of 90mph. A/C on about 60 to 70% of the trip
result? 194.2 mi on 6.711 gallons, 87 octane = 28.94mpg!
Return trip: got the idea that *maybe* driving 80+ mph HELPS with gas mileage... :) so started trip holding steady at 82 to 85mph. There were some short stretches of 90mph. Overall, more time going over 80mph this time around. A/C used maybe 5% of time (left about 7:30 pm)
182.4 mi on 6.7 gallons, 87 octane = 27.22 mpg.
Weird eh?
First leg: hit some rush hour traffic on the way out, but no complete crawl, I'd say 40mph to 60 mph during the rush; later on, followed traffic flow and had some stretches of 85mph, with some short bursts of 90mph. A/C on about 60 to 70% of the trip
result? 194.2 mi on 6.711 gallons, 87 octane = 28.94mpg!
Return trip: got the idea that *maybe* driving 80+ mph HELPS with gas mileage... :) so started trip holding steady at 82 to 85mph. There were some short stretches of 90mph. Overall, more time going over 80mph this time around. A/C used maybe 5% of time (left about 7:30 pm)
182.4 mi on 6.7 gallons, 87 octane = 27.22 mpg.
Weird eh?
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