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Saw this recently on a WAN Show (19:12). How true is this? It sounds wild.

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[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I always convert using 100km/h. So a 13 hour drive is probably North of 1250km.

That being said I only measure distance in time as well.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

100km/h is a good estimator, because you're probably going 120km/h most of the way but you need to account for toilet breaks and lunch.

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

And city driving where you might spend 20 or thirty minutes getting to our from the actual highway.

[–] Someone@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My car tracks my average speed for some reason, and I believe it's based on engine hours vs. distance. After 2Β½ years and ~70,000km it's stayed pretty consistent at about 60km/h.

My driving is probably 90% highway by distance, or 60% by time.