Originally Posted by
Bristol
No, wrist fatigue. I was quite surprised how comfortable I was.
Long tedious drive at the speeds I was driving on the second leg of journey, BUT was distracted from tedium by being engaged in the overall performance, operation of this new little car. Becoming acquainted with this new automobile made the long slow drive pass quite pleasantly. I'm sure the, once the newness and intrigue wear off, the long drives may become tedious again.
The first leg of trip I had to move more with flow of traffic. I say I averaged 62mph with cruise control on, but prob ran at 65mph more than I realized. If traffic was thick, and it was at times, I ran with the flow. But when the pack opened up, I would lower my speed when I judged traffic could around me without much effort.
On second leg, traffic was much more open. People were driving as fast or faster than first leg, but they could also go around me much easier. So, it was much easier to maintain almost exclusively 60 mph and sometimes even 55 mph, AND, coasting downhill where I could.
Worked in Atlanta 25 years ago. Navigated the loop at crazy speeds. I would prob never try conservative driving techniques in that city ever! Lol! I have no doubt however, in the Mirage's(5spd only) ability to drive aggressively and keep up though in Atlanta traffic( while still getting better mileage than anyone else in the herd), no doubts at all. I'm sure though, pushing the Mirage at 80 and 90 mph would definitely be a butt clenching experience though. It definitely was 25 years ago in a V8 powered auto. Lol!
I don't and won't, drive in a manner that impedes the flow of traffic or that increases the already inherent dangers of interstate high speed travel. I was fortunate enough that the Almighty provided the right mix of traffic, on this trip, to allow me to experiment with my new purchase, in a manner that increased no one's anxiety levels.
There was one guy though, both of us in right lane, he behind me, with no other cars around us for quite some distances, that wanted to run at a SET speed that was just marginally faster than my speed. BUT, for 3 or 4 miles, he would not go around me. He would get close, flash his lights, and then have to slow down. He did this 4 or 5 times and then finally went around me.
I understand getting close, backing off, getting close again and then finally going around me. But the flashing of the lights made me kind of chuckle.
Listen, I'm the type of driver that will move to the left, out of the slow right lane to allow a tractor trailer rig to go on by, just so that big rig driver doesn't have to move that big load over to go around me. But this guy in the car was cracking me up. GO AROUND ME IN THE PASSING LANE! I am staying out of that lane on purpose. It is wide, WIDE, open for you. GO AROUND! He finally did!