World will face oil crunch ‘in five years’

[TRGLDTE]

Battleax is hitting the bottle, I don't think you can show any production car gets better milage at 60 vs 55

He can't. Since the speed of travel tends to be bimodally distributed, the OEMS aim the cars to get the best mileage somwhere between the two speeds. The best gas mileage is somewhere around 45mph.

 

[Damocles]

He can't. Since the speed of travel tends to be bimodally distributed, the OEMS aim the cars to get the best mileage somwhere between the two speeds. The best gas mileage is somewhere around 45mph.

After 45 MPH wind resistance plays a huge part in gas usage.

A good 40% to 50% is used in starting up and stopping. Jack-rabbit driving will cause you to lose efficiency.