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Default Frontier MPG towing the Tolman

On Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:13:20 -0400, NotNow wrote:


That's one thing I never, ever been able to get used to, is cruise
control. *I* need to be in control, for whatever reason. I also love to
fly, and always wondered that if I was ever to fly a plane with
autopilot how I'd handle that!!!!


When I was driving Norfolk/Chicago and back in the '60's I'd travel
in a pack. Usually 3-6 cars speeding like hell. We'd change the lead
now and then. Had a '61 Ventura then. Drove all night.
Now I only travel in daylight, settled maybe 50-100 yards behind a
semi, tapping the cruise now and then.
Whole different style, but I actually do more thinking and
strategizing than I did before. Keeps boredom away on those long
stretches without much scenery.

--Vic