For those of you with a lead foot

[PappaGun]

Personally, my budget can't take the 50% reduction in fuel economy when driving those speeds so I'll pass. Just point out the slow lane and that's where you'll find me boppin along at my normal 65.

With $3.98/gal to +$4.00gal coming up quickly

Quite possibly $5.

2.5 years ago gas hit $4 when oil hit $147/bbl.
Oil yesterday was $113 and we are already very close to $4.

Hold on to your assets!

[OldCurlyWolf]

Cool, I like it. however, I just want to know if I will ever be able to hit those 85Mph roads. Anything for Dallas to Houston?

Or Dallas to Plano, Irving, Ft. Worth

In 1976 (The Statute of limitation on this has long ago expired) I made a trip from Houston to Dallas in 4 hours, leaving Houston at 18:00 on a Friday of a Holiday Weekend and hitting the 635/20 split on the east side of Dallas at 22:00 with a 0:15 Stop in Corsicana.

Back in the days of CB's and Convoys. We had one rolling.

I didn't get up to speed until I was just north of Conroe. I do not know what my average speed was, I never did a break down on it. But mostly when I slowed down it was to 75 or thereabouts. That truck ran quite well until I finally blew the engine 14 years later. I was just breaking it in. It only had 1,300 miles on it when I started the trip.

[Ameer]

I wouldn't mind the higher gas prices so much if it got some of the bad drivers off the roads.

Especially the ones who "can't afford" insurance.

[Fangs]

This is what motorcycles are for... great on gas, excellent handling.

...and ordinarily don't leave a really big mess to clean up.

Ordinarily I'd laugh at this, but earlier today I passed a motorcycle wreck on RR12 about 10 minutes after it happened, just as the LEOs were showing up. Had the road down to one lane. Though the older gentleman involved was wearing a helmet, it didn't look good.

Decently sized mess though.

Also a sobering reminder of what can go wrong every time I'm out on the road. How does that saying go? We make our choices and take our chances?

[MeMelYup]

Gee. Sounds like the same reasoning we are seeing with campus carry doesn't it?