12/08/2008 - Today I had a big seven mile view of this: 
Yes that is 10 MPH showing on the speedometer and yes that is partially melted ice at the edge of the driver’s side wiper’s range. I tried my best to practice traffic smoothing, basically adjusting your speed so that you don’t come to a stop in a traffic jam, I experienced moderate success and only had to stop 4 times in the whole seven miles, each stop less than ten seconds in duration. I had forgotten to compensate for the cold engine’s higher idle speed, and didn’t anticipate the amount of people jumping off of each onramp.
The ride home was much less eventful, I sold two cars today and the second was pretty much at closing time, so I got off at ~2230 (10:30pm) and got home after 2300 (11pm). I managed 58.1 mpg much lower than the low 60s scores I’d been achieving lately.
Winter is my favorite season but I’ve come to realize I only really like it because of the lazy winter afternoons where I can lay on the carpet and enjoy a good book while basking in a sunbeam. Good thing tomorrow is a day off, we’ll see if I manage to catch up on any of my reading.
Kacey Green
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