What MPG Would Satisfy You?

Recently I’ve been doing a bit of soul-searching as far as fuel economy is concerned. Being the co-founder of EcoModder and an active user on the forums, it’s obvious that the interest is there. But recently, I’ve been wondering how there it really is.

Earlier this summer I swapped a new engine into my CRX, which quickly bumped up my mileage quite a bit. Nowadays, with a little ecodriving, it’s fairly easy to get 60 MPG, and I’ve only failed in that pursuit once, due to a lot of center city Philadelphia driving. Now that I’m back at school and the only traveling I do is back and forth between here (NH) and home (NJ), I’ve gotten a little lazy.

It used to be that, in order to save some gas, you might see me cruising along on the interstate at a solid 55-60 mph (conditions permitting), but these days I’ll be flying down the road at up to 75 mph down hills that I usually would’ve been content to coast down. So what’s changed?

Now that I have an efficient car, I’ve become satisfied with 60 mpg. It’s not costing me horrible amounts of money when I need to drive and I’m really not using much gas, so I’ve stopped trying to push the envelope. Thinking about this, I wonder where everyone else’s point of satisfaction is? Let me know in the comments!

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