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Old May 2, 2004
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Question which is better?

assuming you drive at a constant speed, is it better to drive slower and stay on the road longer, or drive faster and get off the road sooner?

which one uses more gas?
i tried doing it in my head while i was driving, and it seemed that driving faster was better. i'm probably wrong though.
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drive at 55 mph.
something to do with air resistance. i forgot.
havent you taken physics?????
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a constant 55-57 will give you the best gas mileage...
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most of the time when two people leave from point A. to B. one is speading and the other isn't you save maybe a few minutes so why speed the whole way and waste gas?
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^^ becaues you'll be late
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nice info, now Im going to keep it at 55 to save gas
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Originally posted by 7gencivicboi
nice info, now Im going to keep it at 55 to save gas
man I tried to do that ... but then I just get the need for speed and kick it up to 80 with my valentine 1
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Speeding in Phoenix has never bought me anything but a few minutes and tickets. Luckily I haven't had a ticket in about three years because I realized this and also got lucky a few times ;-).

If you want to save gas never accelerate too hard. Take off slowly.
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Originally posted by cryption
^^ becaues you'll be late
That and the fact that since I'm a man, the less time it takes me to get somewhere, the more bragging rights I get.
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our cars do 55 my min is like 100 mph but i use a $hit lot of gas
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i drive slow... so you'll see my sik 7thGenCivic!!! imp:

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the truth is, I'm broke , I can't afford to pay any ticket...
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fast and quick is the way to save gas. that why you get more on highways than around town.
 




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