I drive like fuel is eating me alive... Very little and very slowly

 

I baby the f150 and drive slow, but I beat the **** out of my wife's Mariner everytime I'm behind the wheel. It's a lease, I figure why not.

 

I do the same thing in rental cars, I make sure i get the extra insurance though. So when i total the one they gave me they can bring me another to burn the tires off.

 

Same here ...

 

Code 1, Lights & Siren whaling, like the french connection in my 2008 CVPI! In the F-150 like an old lady who does not want to burn much gas!.......

 

My motto is "Drive it like you stole it!!" And I do... no matter how much gas costs.

 

I drive my F150 like a grandpa, usually a few miles per hour below the speed limit...it drives my wife nuts Plus it saves on gas.

At work in the patrol car/on my motorcycle, I drive very conservatively as well...until the lights and siren come on, then it's ***** to the wall - yet maintaining total control.

 

I drive 200 to 400 miles a day for my job. No accidents, no speeding tickets or any tickets as a mater of fact. Gasoline cost me $75 to $90 a day. BUT...this is in a 2004 Dodge van that the company bought and I get a gas card. So I feel no pain at the local 7-11 in the mornings fillin up.

Now my truck is a different story. I baby that thing cause gasoline ain't cheap. But I do get a respectable 16.9 and I am also teaching the Wife how to drive "conservatively". She can do it and is learning fast. She drives 38 miles round trip to work.

 

My logbook is getting thicker and thicker lately... 6 cars... yes SIX cars went through a red light while I was stopping!

I got like 2 of the last ones that went through...

 

In my truck I drive real respectable like. I drive faster on the freeway as the truck is faster in a straight line then my car.

My car on the other hand I usually drive it like I stole it. I have a 2002 Protege 5 with an aftermarket rear sway bar and 18's with 35 series rubber. The car handles very well in the turns but doesn't have the most power in a straight line like the truck. Plus it's fun to drive a manual once in a while. My girlfriend drives the car most of the time.

 

I drive like I have somewhere to be. When it rains here (which is rarely), I never seem to get traction from stoplights

 

lets just say i drive like i forget i have a lift and longer braking distance

 

When I get in a rental car, that thing is bound to see more air time than the V-22 Osprey. I figure its a strange car that I'm not too sure of its abilities. So I figure out its limitations, just in case an emergency arises and I have to push it to the limit.

As far as my vehicles, I'm a good driver. Safe and conservative, but aggressive when need be. I got my first ticket in 6 years this last weekend, 82 in a 75. I did everything right, rolled down the window, hands on the steering wheel, was very polite, etc. Somehow I still managed to get a ticket on Memorial Day weekend, when I have veterans plates on my car. Apparently he wasn't much of a fan of the Navy.

 

I just have to hear my pipes wake up every once and awhile.
But people have to many ways to call me while I'm driving.

Kinda destracting

 

I drive conservatively but not pokey. I try to blend in with everyone else. I will run a consistent 5 mph over the limit, seldom more, seldom less - unless the limit is ridiculously low and everyone else is murdering it (example - Chicago area tollways with a 55 limit and everyone runs 70). I use cruise control whenever it's safe and possible. I get pissed off at the morons on the Interstate that can't maintain a steady speed. Left lane cruisers **** me off too. Keep right unless passing or getting ready to make a left turn.

That is the absolute BEST way to avoid both tickets and accidents.