I decided to take the Smart car for a trip up north to visit family. Took Interstate 5, the main freeway that shoots up the middle of the California. It's more boring than 101 but considerably faster. I had no trouble in keeping up with traffic, which was moving in the 75 to 80 mpg range. Even hit an indicated 90 mph in spots but the wind makes it feel a little unstable at that speed. I found the the air-conditioning more than adequate in beating back the Central Valley heat. I actually had to turn it down a little - it got too cold! The outside temperature hovered around 90 (31 Celsius) - which is hot for Spring but nothing like the typical summer peaks of 110!
I covered over 550 miles today with the fuel mileage averaging 37. I think my average speed was a little faster than the Smart's optimum, so the mileage is lower than the best I've achieved. The air conditioning probably didn't help matters.
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