Comments on: Trying To Save Gas Makes People Very Angry.

By: esther

esther — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:37:45 +0000

try living in France, if you like to be horned and shoutes at;

I don’t know how much a gallon is, should be about three liters, no? Here a liter is about 1 euro 50 for one liter… so yes, I drive less, drive slower and start to love my bike!

By: David van Veen

David van Veen — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 04:10:02 +0000

Why am I seeing results that are different from everyone else when it comes to driving at a higer speed? I just drove across eastern Washington state and did a little test. I was drive a rental Mecury Sable. With the cruise control on at 55 I got 22.7 mpg per the built in computer. When I stepped it up to 75, my milage went to 23.6. Further, in April I drove from Washington, DC to Charlotte NC in a 2001 Honda Civic. On the way down I averaged ~65 mph and got about 39 mpg. On the way back I averaged over 70 mph and got 41 mpg. When I drive to and from work on the freeway at 60, it get about 32 mpg.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:15:52 +0000

California is awful when it comes to traffic. I used to do a lot of business out there and got used to the driving and when I’d come home, I’d drive like I was out there and i’d get every look in the book from other drivers.

By: SG

SG — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:40:57 +0000

It’s funny to read this if you’re from Europe, actually. My car here in Germany makes something like 39 mpg (6 liters per 100 km) if I drive normally. If I take care it might go down to 5 liters per 100 km, that is 47 mpg. And my car is more than 10 years old, if you buy a new one you can get one that uses even less gas and still you’re able to travel with four people (e.g. Toyota Aygo: 4.6 liters per 100 km = 51 mpg).

But then, gas here costs about €1.50 per liter, which is about $8.80 per gallon…