I've been working on patience. I have a lot of areas in my life were my patience could be better, but that's probably material for another blog. Today is about a patience pattern that I could develop that would actually save me money. Should I be searching for patience based on money? Again probably material for another blog.
Anyway, I need to cut the road rage. I need to chill out big time on the road. I'm not the kind of guy who is going to hunt down a driver who cuts me off, but I do drive aggressive and tend to jump lanes, just to get in front of that one car, so I can get to a place 5 seconds faster. Part of the problem is that I am competing against people everyday in my mind, so I have to race in the car. Yes, I know, they have no clue I'm racing them.
I'm also competing against my odometer. I've noticed that when I chill out and accelerate slow and brake slow, I see a few miles per gallon improvement. I'm working on not letting my car idle either. In the morning in these frosty Denver mornings, I let the car idle for around 30 seconds or slow and then drive very gently till the car is warm. I probably should also go check my tire pressure and get those spark plugs changed like I have intended to for the past 3 months.
Of course the best way to save gas mileage is to walk. ha.
Here's the list of resources:
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/drive.shtml
http://www.epinions.com/content_4502364292
http://www.mpgplus.com/
one of those 'heady' websites from a Scandanavian-
http://home.wanadoo.nl/~kroone/gas/gas.html
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I suspect that I cause road rage. For example, I will notice that the light in the distance is green. Since I will never make it, I start to slow down.
On the economics of driving, I find that by pacing myself, I don't have to replace brakes as often ... like once every 70,000 miles.
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