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ShitOnWheels · 07-27-2008, 05:54 AM

When gas was headed to over $4.00 a gallon for regular not too long ago, I attempted the "drive slower save gas" thing. I normally do 75 - 80 mph on the highway. For 2 tanks, I drove no faster than the speed limit on the highway, whether it was 55 or 65. I saw NO change in mpg in my 4 cylinder Hyundai Elantra. Maybe 1 mpg difference, but it wasn't enough to make me change permanently. Driving mixed driving (and still doing 75 - 80 on the highway) I get 30+mpg in a 7 year old car. If I do all highway (again at 75-80 mpg) I can get 34+ mpg. There was no difference in those numbers sticking to the speed limits.

So why should I accept this reduce speed limit if I don't see any difference in fuel consumption? It's just a way to make more money, and the government needs more money...forget about the peons that make up the country needing the money too.

07-27-2008, 05:54 AM	#66
ShitOnWheels Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: West Milford, NJ Posts: 2,127 iTrader: (0)	When gas was headed to over $4.00 a gallon for regular not too long ago, I attempted the "drive slower save gas" thing. I normally do 75 - 80 mph on the highway. For 2 tanks, I drove no faster than the speed limit on the highway, whether it was 55 or 65. I saw NO change in mpg in my 4 cylinder Hyundai Elantra. Maybe 1 mpg difference, but it wasn't enough to make me change permanently. Driving mixed driving (and still doing 75 - 80 on the highway) I get 30+mpg in a 7 year old car. If I do all highway (again at 75-80 mpg) I can get 34+ mpg. There was no difference in those numbers sticking to the speed limits. So why should I accept this reduce speed limit if I don't see any difference in fuel consumption? It's just a way to make more money, and the government needs more money...forget about the peons that make up the country needing the money too.