XPost: alt.autos.toyota, rec.autos.driving, alt.society.liberalism   
   XPost: alt.fan.michael-moore   
   From: "twshermanREMOVE"@THI$southslope.net   
      
   On 7/26/2012 5:48 PM, Forrest Hodge wrote:   
   > Depends on where you go to get those groceries. The nearest grocery   
   > store from me is about 5 miles away, 3 of those miles are on 4 lane   
   > divided highway where the speed limit is 55 MPH and traffic generally   
   > flows around 60-63 MPH. You can go the "back way" on two lane roads, but   
   > that'll add another 3 or 4 miles to the journey. In 103F heat, it   
   > wouldn't be practical to ride a bike there, partially because your   
   > frozen goods/dairy products wouldn't make it home intact, but mostly   
   > because you will likely suffer from heatstroke or you'll get mowed down   
   > on the way there or on the way back. It makes much more sense to simply   
   > drive to the store in such a scenario.   
      
   This gets better than 55 mpg on such trips, has more than enough cargo   
   space for a reasonable amount of groceries, accelerates faster than all   
   but a small handful of cars at speeds under 100 mph, and is hoot to ride.   
      
      
      
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