maximum speed on motorway?
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paintman said:
You can drive at whatever speed you like.
You may find it incurs additional charges and other prizes
great reply.You may find it incurs additional charges and other prizes
But bragging rights aside from the OP: unless yr driving at 3 am on a remote stretch, show me which motorway you can drive at 95 mph for an hour without needing to drop your speed. or being caught on camera, or pulled, or hitting traffic
austinsmirk said:
paintman said:
You can drive at whatever speed you like.
You may find it incurs additional charges and other prizes
great reply.You may find it incurs additional charges and other prizes
But bragging rights aside from the OP: unless yr driving at 3 am on a remote stretch, show me which motorway you can drive at 95 mph for an hour without needing to drop your speed. or being caught on camera, or pulled, or hitting traffic
Say that's a journey of 80 miles. 85mph versus 65mph will save you 17.4 minutes.= possibly flawed maths unless you are talking average speed?
to average 85 you will need to spend all of the Motorway miles at 90-100 (or more) and have a very clear/unimpeded run for all of it, including any non motorway bits.
Averaging 65 is probably a 'real world' average speed over an 80 mile trip with a bit of stop start/A road at beginning/end for a driver 'making progress' where/when appropriate and having common sense where/when appropriate.
to average 85 you will need to spend all of the Motorway miles at 90-100 (or more) and have a very clear/unimpeded run for all of it, including any non motorway bits.
Averaging 65 is probably a 'real world' average speed over an 80 mile trip with a bit of stop start/A road at beginning/end for a driver 'making progress' where/when appropriate and having common sense where/when appropriate.
so three people have took the pish out of my first comment about slower is harder. It's true you ever sat behind a dawdler and found yourself concentrating harder? i'm not aryton senna niether am i a dic*head. You come behind someine doing 10 under the limit it feels comically slow like you are sitting on the sofa with a playstation controller. making massive inputs but too slow to make a difference
Depends on the car - have a Mini GP most of the time and if I'm in that everything seems to settle down about 92. If I'm in the 12 year old C Class estate then it feels happiest at about 80.
Obviously traffic and weather conditions dependent but on a good M40 type day the above tends to be where I find myself.
Obviously traffic and weather conditions dependent but on a good M40 type day the above tends to be where I find myself.
Alex said:
Say that's a journey of 80 miles. 85mph versus 65mph will save you 17.4 minutes.
No it was only about 20 miles of motorway. If I was doing a long journey I would aim for a higher average speed. I guess where I live (South East) the motorways always seem to be mega busy and could only dream of doing 90 anytime before midnight! miken2k8 said:
Rawwr said:
I aim to do the speed limit and sometimes I manage it. I find it far more relaxing and stress-free to potter and the difference in journey times appears to be negligible.
and on a 400 mile journey you turn up an hour late, get a satnav broIt is called planning and time management "bro".
Krikkit said:
RogerDodger said:
Tom_Spotley_When said:
Over over under steer said:
I tend to go as below if the weather and road conditions are fine:
No traffic - 90/95
Light traffic - 80/85
Medium Traffic - 75/80
Heavy traffic - with the flow.
All would be down if wet/snow/ice etc.
I also will never use my phone, infotainment (beyond skipping track) or do anything in my cabin whilst driving,
Do you drive with your hands at 9-3, too?No traffic - 90/95
Light traffic - 80/85
Medium Traffic - 75/80
Heavy traffic - with the flow.
All would be down if wet/snow/ice etc.
I also will never use my phone, infotainment (beyond skipping track) or do anything in my cabin whilst driving,
I used to sit at 99 to hopefully avoid a ban, except when I returned to Uni late on sunday nights, when I sat at 130 (most weekends for 3 yrs, no kittens died)
These days, with more cameras, I tend to sit at 84 and find I'm rarely overtaken
When towing I sit at a gps 70 and find I'm still overtaking the majority of traffic
These days, with more cameras, I tend to sit at 84 and find I'm rarely overtaken
When towing I sit at a gps 70 and find I'm still overtaking the majority of traffic
miken2k8 said:
so three people have took the pish out of my first comment about slower is harder. It's true you ever sat behind a dawdler and found yourself concentrating harder? i'm not aryton senna niether am i a dic*head. You come behind someine doing 10 under the limit it feels comically slow like you are sitting on the sofa with a playstation controller. making massive inputs but too slow to make a difference
My car returns optimal MPG at 61.37 mph on a motorway, using only 22% of the available throttle travel.
However if I use 37.96% throttle the speed increases to 70.65mph and at that speed the suspension seems to work far better giving a more comfortable ride.
I've found that if I cut my steering inputs to zero cornering becomes hard but tyre wear decreased by enough to allow lower mpg. Therefore I now drive at 67.324 mph which on my venn diagram gives the best mix of journey time, mpg, wear and tear and comfort.
Why nobody else considers throttle and steering input before driving at speed just makes me sad for the human race.
However if I use 37.96% throttle the speed increases to 70.65mph and at that speed the suspension seems to work far better giving a more comfortable ride.
I've found that if I cut my steering inputs to zero cornering becomes hard but tyre wear decreased by enough to allow lower mpg. Therefore I now drive at 67.324 mph which on my venn diagram gives the best mix of journey time, mpg, wear and tear and comfort.
Why nobody else considers throttle and steering input before driving at speed just makes me sad for the human race.
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