# Why highway driving is less stressful on the car then stop and go city driving

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 6, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-highway-driving-is-less-stressful-on-the-car-then-stop-and-go-city-driving/69255 "2011-11-06T18:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/why-highway-driving-is-less-stressful-on-the-car-then-stop-and-go-city-driving/69255/15 "2011-11-09T18:27:01Z")

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None of us have disagreed here. We’ve simply all added our own additional reasons why highway mileage is easier on an engine than city miles. And some have pointed out that it has implications on other systems in the car as well.

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