Tool: how far can I travel in x hours?

Houston Remodeler wrote:
There are a few problems with your premise; Unless you have the road to yourself, you can't average 75 miles per hour. Lord knows I've tried. In a typical car, with my lead foot, the best I've managed is to average 65 mph for 12 hours. That means there are many times you have to be in excess of 75 mph to keep an average of 65.

That being said, if you keep the throttle at 65 you will not average 65 in the long run. It will be slower as there will be traffic, hills, and construction, even if you had a giant fuel tank, no need to sleep and inserted a catheter.

Actually the problem is with your premise. You assume too much. Just because you can't, doesn't mean others can't. When I drive our car from our home in South East GA to visit family in South West NJ, it is a 780 mile trip. About 1/2 of those miles are on roads with 70 mph speed limits. When driving through the night, we can make it in 11 hours (leave 9 pm, get there 8 am). Have done it many times over the last 8 years since moving to GA. 780 miles in 11 hours is an average speed of 71 mph.

Sleeping kids don't need bathroom breaks or meals. I can go the entire trip with only 1 bathroom break. Same with wife since she sleeps most of the trip. When I stop for gas, I get out, fill the tank and get back in and go. Don't usually lose more than a few minutes at a stop and we usually only need 1 stop in the CR-V.

When we make that trip in the motorhome it's generally a 13 hour trip since we drive it during the day. We don't stop for potty breaks (have one on board) and usually stop for 1 meal, usually for about an hour and it the other on the road. We make 2 stops for fuel. That's an average speed of 60 mph.

Same trip, average speed of 11 mph faster means a savings of 2 hours. Still a lot more than your 15 or 30 minute savings.

-Michael