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Old 09-16-2009, 10:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Fraser View Post
Is your home at a higher altitude than the beer shop? Or, perhaps you just drive faster on the way home in anticipation of drinking the beer just purchased.
As it happens the "beer shop" is 200ft lower than the "beer consumption abode". So that may be a factor. However I drive both directions using cruise control set to the legal speed limit despite the anticipation factor on the return trip

For the serious nerds in the audience here is a graph of the elevations along the 30 mi. 26mpg route to the 'beer shop' (AKA Costco). The mileage increases to 27 mpg when we continue another 10 mi to the BMW dealer on pretty flat 65mph freeway. One other difference is that on the way home there are 3 full stops (for left turns).

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