I rolled into the office today with 345 miles on the tripometer. Usually I hit the gas station between 280 and 300 and put in 7-8 gallons of gas because I know I will not make it the 70 miles in without having to gas-up. But since my mileage was at 276 this morning and I still had a pinch over half a tank showing, I cruised on past the gas station and rolled into work 60 miles later with just under half a tank left. Looking good so far, but I know from experience that the bottom half of the gauge drops a lot faster than the top half. Still, I'm usually at 170-200 miles when I hit the halfway mark, so thats an improvement of 76 miles over the standard.
On a drive-time note, drivers seem much nicer during the the morning commute than the afternoon. Rt. 70 is 3 lanes each way and I stick to the far right slow lane. In the mornings, other cars just quickly move around me without a second glance - usually long before they get within 3 car lengths of my bumper. In the afternoon, however, drivers seem much angrier. I've been glared at and flipped off several times for driving 55 in the slow lane (still 3 lanes to choose from). A few driver made the point of slowing down to 55 mph long enough to stare over at me angrily. Twice large trucks have passed me and used half of my lane to do so. The middle lane was completely open, but I suppose they want to make a point or express their displeasure. One truck got so close all I could see was MACK in my rearview mirror before he swung out into the empty middle lane and passed me by. Silly, really. I'm thinking about bringing a camera along and taking pictures. That would be fun.
Aside from the angry people, driving 55 is very relaxing. No changing lanes, no worries about police with radar, no trying to get around other cars driving slower than me. Very peaceful.
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