i have a Honda cr-v se 4wd 2011 i got the car with 7miles on. Now after 9 months i have 23,250miles on 95% of the driving is on a freeway, i drive about 90miles round trip. My question is… why driving on freeway is less stressful on the car then city driving. I live in Colorado so my commute to work…

There is also this: very little shifting, braking or cornering on the freeway. In the city, the vehicle is constantly shifting, braking and turning corners not to mention potholes and curbs.

How many revs per mile does an engine turn at 70 mph in overdrive. How many revs per mile in 1st gear, 2d gear, 3d gear? And the engine is turning while stopped or inching along in a traffic jam.

What makes you think that highway miles are less stressful on an auto?? Of course it is, for the reasons above.

This type of driving is one of the things that makes cars like this go for 300k miles or more before it is used up. A human analogy might be the difference between an athlete jogging five miles (highway driving to a car) and doing five miles worth of shuttle runs (city driving to a car).

Remember that a car or truck is composed of many systems. To say that freeway speeds are easier on a car all the time is a mistake IMO. I can’t imagine driving I80 in the left 80 mph lane and hitting potholes is good for the suspension system. I can’t imagine a 4 wd truck spending it’s life on the f…

“To say that freeway speeds are easier on a car all the time is a mistake IMO.” Black is not always black and white is not always white. I’m just having a tough time coming up with examples of this, the way you have with your explanation. Littlebean drives a 90 mile/day freeway commute and I was …

Interesting thread. Lots of good info here. Allow me to add another line of reasoning, directed toward the engine itself. Engines get their power by explodng gasoline in an enclosed chamber. As they do this, the explosions force the compression rings against the cylinder walls, as well as placing l…

One thing not mentioned yet is reduced rpm’s…thus fewer times a piston moves up and down in the cylinder walls (which causes wear) over the same miles when driven traffic. At 70mph my truck is running at just under 2k rpm’s. Driving in traffic…my rpm’s are higher for longer periods of time over the…

The proof is in the pudding! Ask any limousine company how many miles they get out of their brakes, transmissions, etc, and you will be astonished. I used to take a limousine to the airport 50 miles away. The company ran Cadillacs and Mercuries. They did the brakes at between 150,000 and 200,00 mile…

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

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“What an engine likes to do is run at a constant speed.”–Tom and Ray Magliozzi

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

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