Minor things that please you

[PColumbus73]

According to my car's on-board computer, my commutes average between 30 - 35 MPG. Pretty good for a 6-cylinder engine.

[kphoger]

According to my car's on-board computer, my commutes average between 30 - 35 MPG. Pretty good for a 6-cylinder engine.

With no snow.  Downhill.  Both ways.

You kids have it easy these days.

[Max Rockatansky]

I once got 27.4 MPG in my 6.4L V8 Hemi Challenger on a 600 mile trip.  A lot of it involved gentle mountain grades and an eventual lengthy downhill descent.

[1995hoo]

I managed this on July 2, 2011, in my 2004 TL (270-hp 3.2 L V-6) while driving home from near Jacksonville. We stopped for gas in Walterboro, South Carolina, at which point I reset the trip computer as I always do when I fill up, and then I look this picture when we stopped for dinner at an Arby's in Emporia, Virginia, at around 9:00 that night. It was all-Interstate driving on I-95 and the cruise control was set around 75 mph for most of the way. My wife wanted me to put gas in the tank at the same time as the dinner stop but I refused because I felt we hadn't gone far enough, so we ultimately stopped about 50 miles later off I-295 in Virginia. The car probably could have gone further, but we were coming up on a stretch with fewer exits and not many gas stations. The thing that sticks out to me is the combination of the fuel economy and the average speed, given all the hype about how going 55 mph saves fuel. (But at 55 mph I'm in fifth gear, whereas at a sustained 65 or above I'm in sixth. It makes a huge difference.)