My Daughter only got 40.5 mpg!!!

Research argues that the architecture of the human brain is not complete until an average age of 22. The last neurons to get "hooked up" involve the centers that control judgement.

But you probably know that from your work experiences - young folks are incapable of seeing the world as a whole, do not accept the facts of their birth and death, do not consider themselves mortal.

Your 18-year-old is more ikely to brag about giving her pop a scare than to have thought through the possible consequences of her actions.

 

Well I drive the Bowling Green-Toledo, Bowling Green-Findlay stretch of I-75 all the time (as you are likely aware Schmika ) And it is not th least beit uncommon to see people routinely flying up and down 75 at 80-85+ MPH... now usually they have michigan or ontario plates on the car, but considering the relative lack of traffic around this part of I-75, its pretty easy to do... although she is lucky to not have gotten caught (unles they found a michigan car going 100mph and decided to go after them instead )

 

There was a girl in high school who wanted to be a race car driver. Well, one day she was racing around in her station wagon, took a corner too fast, hit some rocks, got the car up on two wheels, and blew two tires.

Of course, her dad was not pleased. His only response however was to say, "Young lady, you'd better slow down."

They got the tires fixed pretty quick, and of course she was back to the usual driving within a couple of days.

 

The freeway part of my commute, about half of the 40 miles each way, is done at Southern California freeway speeds ... 70 to 80 MPH. I rarely get under 70, unless there's traffic (and on my route, there rarely is a slow down.) I average 46 to 48 MPG. That's nearly triple the mileage I was getting from my Explorer Sporttrac.

The MFD reports pretty good mileage even at 75 MPH.

 

maybe she let 1/2 of the air out of the tires, drove uphill the whole way or stopped every 5 minutes. I had a terrible tank of only 39!!! changed tires and need to tinker with the inflation, was only driving afew blocks at time and it was cold out .......wrote it off as part of the learning curve...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(barbaram @ Apr 2 2006, 10:51 PM) [snapback]233995[/snapback]</div>

well if you've ever been to northwest and/or west-central ohio, you'd know that going "uphill" is a difficult thing to do as it is FLAT... and I really mean FLAT... like a hill is a 1 degree slope... more than that is practically a mountain... it is sort of hill down by the Dayton/Miami valley area, but not really..

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Schmika @ Apr 3 2006, 09:54 AM) [snapback]234113[/snapback]</div>

No, see, this is the "politically correct"/default to the side of safety/not to shock society so everyone doesn't do it/statement.

There ARE people that are IN CONTROL, AND can drive well above stated speed limits SAFELY, which we ALL know are structured, to a large extent, towards revenue generation. I'd rather have a fully focused driver blow by me at 100 than some chick babbling on the phone in her SUV at 50 who can't seem to keep her Yukon from wandering all over the place...

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Apr 3 2006, 10:58 AM) [snapback]234124[/snapback]</div>

I disagree, to a large extent at that. An in "control" operator successfully anticipates these "variables" you speak of. Of course, there are different degrees of this as well, you can only pay soooo much attention to so many things at once. Obviously, a "human" cannot go, let's say, flying through the streets of Manhattan at a constant 100mph anticipating everything, it's out of our "range". Some people shouldn't speed on an empty highway, while others are perfectly capable of safely exceeding the speed limits in other environments.

Bottom line is, if everyone were deeply interested, and paid far more attention to the art of operating a vehicle, we could slam the brakes ( ) on vehicular maladies to a large extent. Most people behind the wheel are not like this, although everyone THINKS they are...

I know plenty of people out there who drive/ride what you and schmeek would likely consider "reckless", and have done so for YEARS. ALL luck? Doubt it. Much to the chagrin of people like schmika and society in general, responsible speeding does, in fact, EXIST. Of course, we can't go advertising that FACT can we?

 

What can we say clergy, cops & goverment employees kids are the worst ones (the ones your parents warned you about) LOL....

That sounds about rite, I averaged between 40.0mpg @ 85mph & 53mpg @ 58mph driving to texas..

 

she doesn't even need to go 85 to drag it down to 40... Simply accelerating hard from stops often will do it too, and varieties thereof. Couple a driving style like that and use of the heat... well, you know...

She should have "accidentally" hit RESET... :lol:

 

Anyone know the most recent death rates on the Autobahn?

The drivers who use it will claim to be in complete control, traveling with slower drivers who accomodate speed demons.