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Originally Posted by ninrocket
I go to LA and the Bay area at least 10 times a year...for the last 7 years...business mostly.
I have YET to figure out why you think you have the worst traffic. Come to Atlanta and you will see what bad traffic really is. I don't care who ranks the traffic in those online surveys. I have driven in all of the above and Atlanta rush hour is the worst PERIOD...no exceptions(although if you beat the rush hour it is probably one of the fastest as well...probably why we do better in the rankings). Atlanta is what it is...the city with the most traffic cutting through the center and around the perimeter...in all of North America.
Find ONE stretch of road in either of those Cali cities where you have 16 lanes of traffic........ONE! And all 16 of them come to a CRAWL about 3:30 every Friday. From my house to my old job in Norcross took an average of 1:45 minutes every day...ONE WAY...and its only a hair over 30 miles away...ALL EXPRESSWAY. Fridays...3 hours...minimum...if there aren't a few wrecks thrown in.
Now...I must confess...I changed jobs mainly because of the horrible commute. I am now 17 miles North of my job and I don't see any traffic since my job is North of Marietta/Atlanta.
I would classify your driving as City driving...since you can't drive at highway speeds.
The classifications are based on the speed you can drive and the amount of starting stopping you do...not the actual road you're on.
Later!
PS...if people are that worried about fuel then why the heck did you buy a 6000lb truck. DUH!!!! Ya' should have bought a Prius.
By the way...it is the most fuel efficient full size gasoline truck in production. GM claims they have better but if you Google the review sites you'll find out the Tundra beats it by a mile or two....and without that silly half on half off crap.
If you want better fuel economy then you could buy a Dodge with a Cummings and the manual tranny. Start off in 2 and shift to 6 when you get rolling. I've heard people getting 25+ with this setup.
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Maybe it has gotten worse since you were here! I live 6 miles from work. It takes me 30 minutes to get home! And no I don't exaggerate. I just drove 3 hours on roads headed north with no traffic and few stop signs or stops and I got up to 17.4 mpg. But I think CA gas is part to blame. And no I'm not complaining as much at the truck as I am at flaunting how bad the traffic is in my area. 14 mpg when I'm crawling speed wise on and off the gas. Not bad considering the power. But I am pissed at the stupid additives that CA uses in gasoline. I was towing a jetski and got 17.4. This huge truck out handles my saturn.