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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 2392569, member: 24633"]You can make up a lot of time on the barren stretches of I-40 through Texas and New Mexico where you can find a semi that is heading home. If you know how to draft, they can suck you along at 90mph and substantially increase your fuel mileage. From 10pm to daybreak north on I-75 and west on I-10 in the panhandle of Florida is pretty much the same. The same is also true along the uninhabited stretches between Reno and Eugene through the Modoc Forest of Northern California. The important thing is to time your route so that you reach these stretches during the late-night and early morning hours to avoid most of the traffic and the cops. Obviously, you grab whatever food and coffee you can get when you stop for gas.</p><p><br /></p><p>Other trips like SWFLA to Atlantic City or Chicago are just a "hop, skip and a jump" in less than one day if you time your departure and speed right. It's like competing in a road rally where the time & distance between rally points is critical.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 2392569, member: 24633"]You can make up a lot of time on the barren stretches of I-40 through Texas and New Mexico where you can find a semi that is heading home. If you know how to draft, they can suck you along at 90mph and substantially increase your fuel mileage. From 10pm to daybreak north on I-75 and west on I-10 in the panhandle of Florida is pretty much the same. The same is also true along the uninhabited stretches between Reno and Eugene through the Modoc Forest of Northern California. The important thing is to time your route so that you reach these stretches during the late-night and early morning hours to avoid most of the traffic and the cops. Obviously, you grab whatever food and coffee you can get when you stop for gas. Other trips like SWFLA to Atlantic City or Chicago are just a "hop, skip and a jump" in less than one day if you time your departure and speed right. It's like competing in a road rally where the time & distance between rally points is critical. Chris[/QUOTE]
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