better fuel efficiency

I wonder at what point people will give up with cars. It seems the price of fuel could be over £1 a litre and the roads would still be packed. The goverment will never cut fuel tax until they see people turing against cars.

since my nearest shop is a 20 mile -ish round trip

I would be a lot thinner and fitter if I didnt have a car wouldnt I

I noticed my fuel recently was being used up at a fast rate of knots couldnt understand it until I opened the boot and found that the old fart had left his two really heavy tool boxes in there plus a large bag of logs!!

when on a long trip I always try to keep to around the 56mph which is the optimum speed for most cars and the speed they use to guage the mpg

It really really makes a difference its easier on the car and the driver and you get where your going in almost the same time as you would have done going a lot faster and overtaking etc. I tried this last year and couldnt beleive the difference it made

when I set off the puter in the car said I was getting 39mpg when id made the 200 mile trip there and back it read 48mpg so I was getting about 9 miles extra for my money per gallon,

now when It starts to drop per gallon I go on a run at 56mph and it creeps back up and I save money

;D

I used to be an impatient bu**r on the roads overtaking and going about 5 miles above the speed limit on the motorway,(just enough to maybe get away witha warning if i got stopped) until I tried this and found I got there just as fast, less stressed and enjoyed the drive more

as my mum says 56mph is a lot faster than walking or lying in hospital