Let me see if I can add few thoughts here:
1. Usually when you see highway patrol it's too late to slow down, if you were really speeding and they were out to fill quotas for a month you got ticket, at least how it is around my area, besides here they have unmarked police cars, you don't even know it's a cop even if you crash into him, unless he puts those flashing lights on.
2. I also drive very fast sometimes and it's fine as long as you remember that at 120MPH, even something as simple as tire blow up could be very dangerous and if you get into accident, even if it's the other guy screw up at that speed chance of walking away alive is not that big. You would also loose you driver license and possibly your car if the cops clock you that fast in my state (NY)
3. Usually people who accuse others of driving like old ladies are the ones I pass everyday park on the side of road with smashed front ends, causing traffic for miles.
At the end of the day, it's not important how fast you got there, but that you got there at all. I did my share of some really crazy driving but I came to conclusion that I can't be lucky all the time.
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Originally Posted by chiedoziedike
Adding 5 minutes to my regular commute time and avoiding big fines and tickets is more worth it to me than doing over the limit and having to slow down every time I see a police patrol car on the highway.
My regular commute time was 55 minutes doing speeds 70mph+. Now it is 1hr doing speeds 60mph+ (Sometimes I can get up to 85 miles per hour depending on the slopes of the road). I definitely am positive that now I won't get a speeding ticket and I don't have to slow down when I see highway patrol cars.
I don't consider that driving like an old blue haired lady. I consider it as driving wisely (I'm only 23 btw and I used to drive crazy up until 1 month ago doing speeds as high as 120mph).
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Re: 800 mile tank!
and no you should not take that in a negative way. But driving below the limit or at the limit is not the norm. I am not saying that you should drive above the limit but your mpg numbers should reflect the way it was achieved.
... ) just kidding....
of the Cajun Coast 
. I'm just "over" 1/4 of a tank left at 600 miles. I'm hoping around 700 miles when the yellow light ticks off 
. In any case...I'm proud she has done so well gliding through the flatlands. She has been as high as 53.0 mpg at times but seems bent on settling in around 52 mpg towards the finish line. Honestly, the price of gasoline has really driven me to do my very best. Wish me and my "Bugs" luck. I will post updates as I near the end. 
