Originally Posted by Diseasel300

Let me explain why those of us who follow the speed limit complain about you folks piddling along at 55-60mph on the 2-lane roads:

Thanksgiving Eve. Trip time is normally 4 hours and 40 minutes, give or take. The place you're going has no highway or interstate route from your house, but mostly 2-lane roads. Because the state believes in normal speed limits, the posted speed limit is 75 on every one of these roads, occasionally dipping to 55 or 35 when going through a town.

Park some slow-ass driver up there putting along at 55-60mph with 35 cars stacked up behind them. Won't pull over and let them by, won't speed up to get out of the way, just plods along like the jerk he is. Slowing for every corner, slowing on every hill (and there's a lot of them). Every time you get to a passing area in a town (speed limit 35) everyone else tries to pass too, but there's just not enough room, too many traffic lights, or too many other cars that now get stuck behind Mr. Jerkoff Slowass as well.

Things to think about:
1: What is every one of those 35+ cars thinking about Slowpoke up front that won't pull over or GTFO the way?
2: What's that doing to everyone else's fuel economy with having to feather the throttle and pussyfoot it around everywhere because you can't just CRUISE on the road instead?
3: What does that do to travel time on an already long journey? (Clue: 15 miles per hour over 5 hours...)

If you want to hold up traffic on an interstate or a road with a passing lane, go for it. Just don't get upset when people blow by honking or flipping you the bird. If you want to hold up traffic on a 2-lane road, especially one with no passing areas, just stay home or plan an alternate route. Other drivers will thank you. If you're driving a newer car that can actually do the posted speed limit without breaking a sweat (I'm not talking a 240D here), ask yourself: Does that 1-2mpg REALLY matter? Does it? Are you breaking the bank? If the answer is yes to any of the above, sell your car and call an Uber or go rent a car for trips because you have bigger issues at hand.