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A highway road trip is the easiest you could possibly be on your vehicle. Engine at a constant moderate RPM, brakes almost never being used, more than enough airflow through the radiator to keep temps down, torque converter locked, almost zero bumps, easy going turns creating minimal tire wear, etc. The list of reasons why highway driving is so easy on a vehicle could go on and on.
Even the most junker vehicle should be able to make a highway road trip, now stop and go, that's the real test.
A highway road trip is the easiest you could possibly be on your vehicle. Engine at a constant moderate RPM, brakes almost never being used, more than enough airflow through the radiator to keep temps down, torque converter locked, almost zero bumps, easy going turns creating minimal tire wear, etc. The list of reasons why highway driving is so easy on a vehicle could go on and on.
Even the most junker vehicle should be able to make a highway road trip, now stop and go, that's the real test.
That's what I thought too. I recently went on a road trip from Ohio to Florida (1200 miles each way) and back. Some of my co workers were asking about how my car ran and I said it ran smooth and that highway driving is the easiest on your car.
A highway road trip is the easiest you could possibly be on your vehicle. Engine at a constant moderate RPM, brakes almost never being used, more than enough airflow through the radiator to keep temps down, torque converter locked, almost zero bumps, easy going turns creating minimal tire wear, etc. The list of reasons why highway driving is so easy on a vehicle could go on and on.
Even the most junker vehicle should be able to make a highway road trip, now stop and go, that's the real test.
Yep... and gas mileage is night and day different. My vehicle (2015 Dodge Challenger 5.7L V8) gets around 17 mpg in stop and go.
I've gotten 38 mpg cruising at 63 mph on a 200 mile road trip on I-5... running on 4 cylinders.
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Yep... and gas mileage is night and day different. My vehicle (2015 Dodge Challenger 5.7L V8) gets around 17 mpg in stop and go.
I've gotten 38 mpg cruising at 63 mph on a 200 mile road trip on I-5... running on 4 cylinders.
How did you manage to keep it at 63 that long? I managed 28.1 in my Challenger 3.6 on I5 but mostly 70-75 mph. That Multi-Displacement System is great for road trips.
A highway road trip is the easiest you could possibly be on your vehicle. Engine at a constant moderate RPM, brakes almost never being used, more than enough airflow through the radiator to keep temps down, torque converter locked, almost zero bumps, easy going turns creating minimal tire wear, etc. The list of reasons why highway driving is so easy on a vehicle could go on and on.
Even the most junker vehicle should be able to make a highway road trip, now stop and go, that's the real test.
How did you manage to keep it at 63 that long? I managed 28.1 in my Challenger 3.6 on I5 but mostly 70-75 mph. That Multi-Displacement System is great for road trips.
Yes indeed.
It was a light night/early morning round trip Seattle to Blaine... cruise was set at 63 and I rarely had to brake. This was right after I got the car... a trial run basically. Normally I drive a little faster.
Low 60's seems to be prime for the best mpg... when I run in the 70-75 mph range I'm in the 30-33 range.
Still better than a poke in the eye... the MDS system is really cool. Even beating around town in city traffic... just letting off the gas coasting downhill shuts it down to 4 cylinders.
There are no facts about which is worse. Police cars and other vehicles idle a hell of a lot and the engines last a long time. When you are going at lower speeds or idling obviously most of the oil is in the pan providing plenty of oil to the most critical parts of the engine the bearings. The top end the heads need very little oil while idling or low speeds.
I don't know about my car, but stop 'n go is a heck of a lot harder one me.
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