# A new way to measure Fuel Efficiency **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [January 10, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-way-to-measure-fuel-efficiency/181753 "2022-01-10T12:21:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-way-to-measure-fuel-efficiency/181753/1 "2022-01-10T12:21:22Z")
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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-way-to-measure-fuel-efficiency/181753/2 "2022-01-10T12:45:20Z")
Or hours idling on I95 in Virginia waiting for the plows… ---
**Author:** ![Beancounter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/59ef9b/32.png) [@Beancounter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beancounter)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-way-to-measure-fuel-efficiency/181753/3 "2022-01-10T13:37:43Z")
This reminded me of my New England friends who would scoff when the Mid-Atlantic would entirely shut down for a couple of inchs of snow. My reply was, “It ain’t the two inches of snow you should wory about, it’s the quarter inch of ice underneath it”. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2022, 10:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-new-way-to-measure-fuel-efficiency/181753/4 "2022-01-10T22:08:37Z")
At least there was plenty of fresh bread.