On the other hand, simplistically and everything else staying constant,
that works out to a "salary" of $4.55 per driving hour,
or $1.52 per clock hour, and 1.8 days of your life used up.
Stress can also be doing 55 in a Vanagon (content) on a 75 mph Interstate.
Depends on if you're on a "journey"....

AlJ.

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From: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Reply-To: David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:48:26 -0500
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: "green" cars (NVC)

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Andrew Grebneff wrote:

> >Think about how much better your Westy does at 55 mph on it's fuel.
>
> Think about how much loner it would take to drive across the US...

But you'd see a lot more of the scenery. ;)

Actually, I just figured it out.  If you drove 8 hours a day at 55 mph it
would take you 6.6 days to go from New York to San Francisco.  If you
drove 8 hours a day at 75 mph, it would take 4.8 days.  If Stan's
figures are correct you'd save 38.8 gallons of fuel, which works out to
$65.61 at today's price.  This does not factor in the added stress of
high-speed driving and its effects on your health and enjoyment. ;)

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon