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Originally posted by Milu
You averaged 71.3 mph over 5000 miles including city stop and start?
I think you better check your garmin! Anyone who has driven any really long distances quickly or even done the math for that kind of mileage will discount that result.
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Then that would be a very silly person.
You drive 1500 miles from Calgary to Vegas on open interstate, through open prairie and see what kinda average you make. This is a day & half drive through mainly flat country with pretty much no sign of humanity save Salt Lake and surrounds. An average of 85 is easy to do, even four or five gas stops would let you average 80 over that many miles. The speed limit is 70/75 - even my granny would average 80 with her '63 Valiant push-button automatic.
So, lets say 3000 miles at 80 mph (ha!) - that still leaves room for an average of around 60 mph for the remaining 2000 to average 70ish for a 5000 mile trip. And the rest of those miles are like Vegas-OC-Palm Desert? That's a slam dunk.