BuffJim Posted July 11, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 11, 2020 Every time I drive. But I stay judiciously within a few miles per hour of the limit, and haven’t had a ticket in over 15 years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted July 12, 2020 Share #2 Posted July 12, 2020 18 hours ago, BuffJim said: Every time I drive. But I stay judiciously within a few miles per hour of the limit, and haven’t had a ticket in over 15 years. You have been good and lucky. I am not sure which is better, but I strongly suspect lucky is best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted July 12, 2020 Kzoo better give this a 10. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted July 12, 2020 Share #4 Posted July 12, 2020 19 hours ago, BuffJim said: Every time I drive. But I stay judiciously within a few miles per hour of the limit, and haven’t had a ticket in over 15 years. Most of the time, I go 4 miles over the limit on roads where I'm not sure how the police react. There are some roads I know where the cops won't stop me if I'm under a certain speed and I go a little faster. When I first got my 2013 Honda Fit, it was my first car that got over 21 mpg, allegedly 35 highway, 28 city, 31 total. I was trying to stay at 62 mph or less in order to hit 31 mpg - measured by odometer miles and gas station pump gallons. I did that for a while, and hit 31 mpg, but I was getting 37 mpg when driving 70+ mph on Interstates, 24 mpg in stop-and-go traffic. then got lazier - and also did more stop-and-go. Now I'm averaging about 28.5 mpg. I was limiting myself to 62 mph because I was going by this table I got from fueleconomy.gov where 62 mph is only about 5% less efficient than 55 but 70 mph is 17% less efficient than 55: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted July 12, 2020 Share #5 Posted July 12, 2020 The big thing in fuel economy is wind resistance. A+Bx+Cx^2 where x is velocity and c is the wind resistance coefficient. can you tell someone in my house had a 30 year career in fuel engineering. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted July 12, 2020 Share #6 Posted July 12, 2020 And the Parody Meter says...... 10.00 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted July 12, 2020 Share #7 Posted July 12, 2020 51 minutes ago, Airehead said: The big thing in fuel economy is wind resistance. A+Bx+Cx^2 where x is velocity and c is the wind resistance coefficient. can you tell someone in my house had a 30 year career in fuel engineering. I thought there was a 5th power in their somewheres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted July 12, 2020 Share #8 Posted July 12, 2020 10 years plus for me since my last ticket. Open interstate @10 over. Judicially at the SL everywhere else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted July 12, 2020 Share #9 Posted July 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, RalphWaldoMooseworth said: I thought there was a 5th power in their somewheres. (Thickness of wallet)^5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted July 12, 2020 20 minutes ago, Kzoo said: And the Parody Meter says...... 10.00 Someone hacked Kzoo’s account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffJim Posted July 12, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted July 12, 2020 4 minutes ago, 2Far said: 10 years plus for me since my last ticket. Open interstate @10 over. Judicially at the SL everywhere else. I do about 8-9 mph over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prophet Zacharia Posted July 12, 2020 Share #12 Posted July 12, 2020 7 hours ago, BuffJim said: I do about 8-9 mph over. It’s easier to do that now most highways are 70+. I have a problem when the speed limits drop from 70 to 55 mph without any reason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted July 13, 2020 Share #13 Posted July 13, 2020 9 hours ago, BuffJim said: Someone hacked Kzoo’s account. no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Square Wheels Posted July 13, 2020 Share #14 Posted July 13, 2020 13 hours ago, Kzoo said: no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kzoo Posted July 13, 2020 Share #15 Posted July 13, 2020 4 minutes ago, Square Wheels said: He got his stink'n score. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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