Poor Gas Strategy
Drivers are purposely running out of gas.
I think on the commute I have, that would make a lot of people hate you really bad. I-66 has Metro rails to divide the highway, but the Dulles Toll Road doesn’t. Rubbernecking is awful on the toll road and they just love to see who’s waiting by the side of the road.
What’s worse though is people’s inability to merge onto the highway correctly, causing a full stop in traffic. I’ve noticed that instead of stopping, slowing to a crawl really does save gas for me, but I also pop the car out of gear and coast along very, very, very slowly.
So has anyone seen a positive change in their gas mileage since the flurry of gas tips were published recently? Mine’s about the same since I always drive as efficiently as I can. It really only gets better on the long interstate drives on the highway when I can go about 70mph for 60 minutes at a time. I have been hitting cruise control less on the hills, but there’s not much difference there.
Terri W. wrote:
Wow. These people place a pretty low estimate on the value of their time! I mean, how long do you have to sit around and wait in order to get your “free” 3 dollar gallon of gas?
Maybe they need to get a copy of a slim volume on elementary economics to go along with their “free” gas.
Posted on 26-Apr-06 at 12:18 pm | Permalink