demonic speeding
speed demon-ing
Nov. 26th, 2005 | 02:48 pm
mood: nonchanlant
While speeding home last night, I realised what a hell driver I had become. It’s been a while since I drove like this, it’s taken me some time but I’ve learnt to realise that it’s not the best thing to be a speed demon — not that I’m a serious rex-type-evo-type speed demon — it’s just that optimal cruising speed in Singapore tends to be approximately 2000rpms in overdrive. It’s fuel efficient; especially with the windows wound down. So for the last month or two, I’ve managed to knock down my comsumption from an already excellent 7.5L/100km to 6.9L/100km.1 Still it felt good, knowing that I can still do it well, enough to get me out of tight situations. It occurs to me that “everybody wants a piece of the Action, but nobody can deal with it.” Generic isn’t it? Brilliant. Now that I have it written down, it’s out of my head and I won’t have this niggling thing hiding in the recesses of my already psychotic mind. Bleh.
1: That’s something like 13.33km per litre to 14.45km per litre which means to say that I can get an additional 56km per tank of gas, increasing from 667km to 723km. At today’s gas prices of $1.62/L that’s like saving $6.20 plus per tank. Considering I travel approx 3800km per month instead of spending $462 on gas, I spend $426! I save $36, enough for another 22L or 321km.
