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Keeping up with traffic will cost you a little with gas, but what REALLY helps is just to keep smooth acceleration and braking. You see these guys commuting in traffic, slam gas, slam brake, slam gas, slam brake, in a Ford Excursion, and they're the only ones in the car, sipping a $5 cup of coffee....

I tend to miss a lot of the rage-filled rush hour people; I am on the road between 6 and 6:30 am, and 3-3:30pm. The traffic is fairly thin then. I'll have to pay more attention to it on the way to and from work while in the car; I go the speed limit every day due to fuel savings (though everyone pro...

I've been looking at the fuel economy guide... that's awesome. The roads are all paved. I probably missed the boat on getting the good deals during the off season, but it's getting easier to justify the cost this year versus last year. My wife's car is an Avalanche, so I will get trickle-down saving...

Well, first post, so here's my story. I rode for a couple years back in the early 90's when I was about 20, I had a CB650. A labrador retreiver darted out in front of me, I hit it, went over the handlebars and spent a week in the hospital with a ripped open knee , a broken ankle and numerous abrasio...