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• alphamule@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Distance where going 75mph vs 65mph is 15min faster:

  (d / 65mph) - (d / 75mph) =.25h

  75d / 4875 - 65d / 4875 = .25

  10d = .25 * 4875

  d = .25 * 4875 / 10 = 121.875 mi

  Pretty long commute

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  • Acters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I was assuming the 15 time savings is two way, or else 120 miles one way is just insane and abnormal to expect from others. He can go cry me a river.

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• Acters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Ha, what kind of commute are you doing cross country? That is a wildly long commute. If you find that you need to do 50 to 60 mile commutes then it’s not the norm here. Most of my commutes are within 15 to 25 miles. Driving on the highway at 75 saves as I said, with 1 minute or none at all just because I will hit the same red lights at the same time as others, mind you I do notice when someone flies past me on the fast lane and we reach the same exit ramp stop light.

  The pedal isn’t telling you, it’s basically making it so that you have to consciously push harder to go faster.(A natural deterrent to those who like to just push the car faster and faster without feeling).

  Sorry if you like going fast, and your unnaturally long commute is required. I rather save money instead of living like I never can save any money. Prices went up, I felt the economy lose control. You think Trump is going to lower them? Not really confident in that myself.

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I will hit the same red lights at the same time as others, mind you I do notice when someone flies past me on the fast lane and we reach the same exit ramp stop light.

    Maybe over a short distance you will. Even then they’d be at the front of the line instead of stuck behind who knows how many idiots that are going to be staring at their phone when the light switches and cause you to get stuck behind it for a second time.

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    • Acters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      We are now discussing what ifs, and honestly that is valid. Still not worth it in my book. Rather blame the traffic controllers who don’t check to make sure all cars are going through the light or straight up there is just too much traffic which isn’t solved by everyone driving 75+ MPH. It is solved if we instead offer better public transportation. At the end of the day we have different views here. I firmly believe in my own and do not think it is going to change anytime soon.

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      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        The nice thing about my view is that it doesn’t preclude you from adhering to yours. Everyone can go exactly as fast as they want as long as they utilize the different lanes properly.

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• Acters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Plus saving pennies on gas? Sorry but that is the nature of a gas vehicle. They have a really short window of mpg between granny driving and rocketing at 75+.

  I calculated it plenty. when driving 65 MPH, the air resistance is good enough for you to get 28 to 30 mpg. Let’s keep it simple and just say 30 mile trip. At 75+ MPH, your efficiency starts taking a major hit. You will likely be traveling at 25 MPG. That is a +20 percent increase on gas consumption. If you think of it, that is a consistent 18% to 20% loss on gas.

  At $3.50/g(my current market) with an additional 20% increase of fuel usage so, $3.50 * 1.2 = $4.20

  For a 15 gallon tank, you are burning $63 worth of fuel on average.

  While on electric vehicle, it depends on types of charging. If you have solar then it’s free, I don’t. If you have simple home charger, my current rate is 20 cents per kWh. If you fast charge, then it is 50 to 60 cents per kWh.

  Most of the time I am getting between 3.5(above 65 MPH) to 4.5(below 65 MPH) Miles per kWh. With 30 mile trip that is 8.57 kWh to 6.67 kWh usage. This helps translate to cost of gas because 1 gallon at 65 MPH is about 30 miles. So if I do only home charging that is $1.70 to $1.33 for electric. Fast charging that is about $4.70 to $3.67 for just the 30 miles.

  15 gallons of gas can get you 375 miles at 25 MPG, or 450 at 30 MPG. Remember $63 for driving at 25 MPG vs $52.5 for driving at 30 MPG. With electric driving, to get 375 mile at 3.5 miles per kWh or 450 miles at 4.5 miles per kWh. we can translate them over.

  (Above 65 MPH) 375/3.5 = 107.15 kWh * $0.20 = $21.42
  (Below 65 MPH) 450/4.5 = 100 kWh * $0.20 = $20.00

  (Above 65 MPH) 107.15 kWh * $0.55 (fast charge) = $58.92
  (Below 65 MPH) 100 kWh * $0.55 = $55.00

  See now how crazy expensive that becoming for gas while electric is barely taking a hit? Makes little difference for electric vehicles, but gas? That is not pennies.

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  • RedditIsDeddit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Too bad going electric is so cost prohibitive, living situation prohibited, and so on… Hard to put a charger in an apartment for example.

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    • Acters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It is just plain math, we all living with what we can do. If you are stuck with gas, I hope you can save up cash for a house. My sister finds houses for rent that are about the same rental cost as an apartment. I also found apartments that have a garage for me to park into. Similar rent cost but added 150/m probably not going to save money on gas but at least there are options my family has found to accommodate our needs.

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I tested this on my car as well. I gain about 3 MPG by using the cruise control and adhering to the speed limit vs. Just driving how I want. It’s not worth the difference. Changing to shitty tires was a bigger hit to my MPG than that.

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    • Acters@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That is pretty significant difference between what I had experienced, i guess not much more mpg for your vehicle for you vs my own eco vehicle. sorry your car doesn’t experience more efficiency gains. I am good where I am at. My suggestion wasn’t to stop you from achieving what would be higher speeds but rather you will feel the gas pedal be much harder to push. That is all

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