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Archive for August, 2008

300 Miles

Add comment August 25th, 2008

Jan HerbertI work to be “green” so you probably won’t find it a surprise about my use of the cruise control to increase gas mileage. Returning from northern
Wisconsin I chose to follow the speed limits to see just how good the mileage could be. Imagine my surprise when during the length of the drive of 300 miles, with the exception of 5 vehicles, every car, SUV, truck, van, vehicle pulling a boat, vehicle pulling a trailer, semi-tractor trailer, bus, squad car and moving van passed me. Yes, all but 5 vehicles passed me in just under 300 miles! We all have the urge to hurry home, but how about avoiding the urge to throw all that gas money out the window? Next time … could you plan to just leave a little earlier?

 

By the way, the hybrid made 36.6 miles per gallon and there was time to enjoy the scenery along the way too.