What MPG are you getting?

Amarillo · Sep 19, 2018

2into1 said:
Try thinking about the impact of your actions on others? (Did the klaxon sound?).

Gosh and golly - I need to repeat myself.

Amarillo said:
I do not drive at 44 mph on a free flowing motorway, I drive at 60 - 65 mph, accelerating to up to 70 mph to pass slower moving vehicles.

And if you think that the range of speeds on a free flowing motorway is 56 - 70 mph, you are very much mistaken.

I have already given at least two examples of motorway user where the recommended maximum speed is 50 mph or less (civilian highways agency drivers and those towing horse boxes); and then there are those who drive faster than the limit. 40 - 85 mph is a more realistic range.

Compare that to motorways in some other European countries: Poland and Bulgaria have a speed limit of ~85 mph, German motorways often have no limit at all. On both you can reasonably expect to encounter a motorist driving at about 40 mph, so the range of speeds may well be even greater.

jts46 · Sep 19, 2018

bigmac77 said:
What I find bizarre is all this fuss over MPG. Just get in it drive it when it needs more fuel fill it up again. Who cares? Seriously.

Entirely agree

Freeley · Sep 19, 2018

Amarillo said:
Gosh and golly - I need to repeat myself.

And if you think that the range of speeds on a free flowing motorway is 56 - 70 mph, you are very much mistaken.

I have already given at least two examples of motorway user where the recommended maximum speed is 50 mph or less (civilian highways agency drivers and those towing horse boxes); and then there are those who drive faster than the limit. 40 - 85 mph is a more realistic range.

Compare that to motorways in some other European countries: Poland and Bulgaria have a speed limit of ~85 mph, German motorways often have no limit at all. On both you can reasonably expect to encounter a motorist driving at about 40 mph, so the range of speeds may well be even greater.

Tom you strike me as being someone who just enjoys an argument and can't be reasoned with.
You and my wife would get on famously

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Andy · Sep 19, 2018

Amarillo said:
What I find truly bizarre is this. A section of motorway I regularly use is the M25 between the M26 and the M23. It is mostly four lanes in each direction, and has variable limits 40 to 70 mph. What is it that changes 40 mph from being an absolute maximum speed one day to, in some people's minds, an unacceptable speed for safe travel? Surely if the absolute maximum for that stretch is 40 mph one day, it is safe and acceptable to travel at that speed the next day when the absolute maximum is 70 mph?

Oh - and just to give you something to laugh about... I got a ticket for exceeding the speed limit on the German Autobahn.

The temporary limit of 40 is There due to a hazard ahead, a queue, debris in the road, an accident or something similar. The next day when the limit is 70 traveling at 40 you are failing to maintain progress & causing a hazard.

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2into1 · Sep 19, 2018

Freeley said:
Tom you strike me as being someone who just enjoys an argument and can't be reasoned with.
You and my wife would get on famously

Very well put. I was thinking the same this morning but couldn't capture it as eloquently as you managed. I was tempted to rely on the DailyMash.... https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news...g-stupid-now-starting-a-debate-20180919177444

Freeley · Sep 19, 2018

I used to read the daily mash avidly. Always worth a chuckle

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Amarillo · Sep 20, 2018

2into1 said:
Very well put. I was thinking the same this morning but couldn't capture it as eloquently as you managed. I was tempted to rely on the DailyMash.... https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news...g-stupid-now-starting-a-debate-20180919177444

Here is the Google Timeline map of my 51 mpg (from the MFD) or 46 mpg (from brim to brim) trip around Sicily on 11 January. Much of it was so slow that Google thought I was cycling (pale blue) not driving (dark blue).

Why Google Maps thought I managed to average a little over 45 mph on the 155 mile motorway stage between Syracuse and Burger King in Palermo on a push bike is beyond the scope of this thread.