eclipse23

I've been tracking my average speed in my CLS over the past 5-6 months. How fast does everyone go on the average (mind you my 85mph figure comes from the fact that 90% of the time I'm on major highways.

Unfortunately this car likes the 80 - 100 mph range IMO and unfortunately my leadfoot likes to keep it there.

mdaniel

I rarely see the open Interstates so my higher speed driving is on uban/suburban freeways. This car is way too comfortable at 80 for its own good.

HellaWhat

Hmmmm 80 is a nominal cruise speed. When the fawkers here decide to go 65MPH in the fast lane, I make sure to pass at a *brisk* speed of 100

Crazy Bimmer

yep im always exactly on 80 everytime on the expressway.

Red Rider

When the road is open 80-90 is like doing 55 for me.

cleeean cl-s

When there aint nobody on the highway
100 or 110...
usual everyday Freeway ...about 85...

kensteele

Wow, you must be doing like 25 mph for two minutes at stop lights to keep that average up to 85. :P

Zapata

55mph. Nice and slow Just sit back and relax. The ride is awesome and i conserve a shit load of gas

SmoothJyzz

80 is like walking when you're on the highway, as my 82 in a 65 speeding ticket indicates...courtesy of Alabama HP.

Just did the Tulsa, OK, to Jacksonville, FL move. Even fully loaded with crap, CLS is a monster on the highway....80 = 55.


dee

jcl_cls01

I agreee, I'm always doing 80 mph in a 55 mph zone. I need to slow down.

Iridium130

70-75 MPH...80 if I'm feeling particularly daring (this is cruising speed mind you).

I just dont want to give the cops ANY excuse to pull me over. They're a bitch in SoCal now

Infamuz

I drive mostly at 80 MPH, car feel so comortable at that speed!

Mike

if there's actually enough open road in so cal i usually around 80. congestion out here is terrible

astro

I have been tracking my speed with my gps over the past while...
over the 3500 kms I have logged both city and highway, my avg speed is 88.9km/h...I do about 100mph on the highway and whatever I can in town..

pgatour1

Most the side roads here are 3 lane each way 45mph that I do between 55-70 on usually
Then the highways that are 65 I would say I stay between 85-100
And the two that are 75mph highways I usually just stay at 100-110mph.

Infamuz

You should move to Jersey then Mike!

Nashua_Night_Hawk

Doing 75 in 55 I feel I am stretching my luck with cops.

However, I do see people doing 90-100 in a 55 . I try to follow at 85 they keep disappearing in front of me...

Just imagine what would be the tics at 100 in 55! what happens to the license and insurance, I really do not want to know

However, as someone mentioned doing 80 in CLS just like 55, sweet and smooth.... RPM at 2200... CLS is a true cruiser...

TakeFlight

I usually cruise at 80MPH if conditions permit. However, after a few miles of 80MPH I find myself creeping past 85 and upwards of 90MPH in this car. It's just way too easy and the car loves being at that speed.

FLL Type-S

Sure that shouldn't say 100 kph instead of mph? You'd never get away with doing 160 for a period of time on the 400 except in the middle of the night, and then you've still got the OPP to contend with.

joeandcarol2

Curious. Has anyone measured their gas mileage at speeds like 80 - 85?

eclipse23

Yeah, it's pitiful LOL

gto2050

I was doing about 10MPH over the limit and thought I was safe. Tehn I got stopped by one of our Garden State's finest. He saw the radar detector and started to take out his pad. He said he always writes tickets when he sees radar detectors. I explained to him that it was off and had been off. He checked that I wasn't lying to him (I wasn't) and he put the pad away and told me to slow down. Ever since then, 5MPH over and no more. It's been over 10 years since I got a ticket and that was in SoCal where I got a Masters Degree in Traffic School. Gonna cool the speeding for more than one reason.

Fabvsix

80-90 is my average on 580 West or East in Northern California. BTW, so is most on that highway with me ! It's not like I'm driving to hell passing everyone doing tired 55 or 65. Kinda like "go with the flow"......

mattg

To really average 85mph over the last 6 months you would have to live next to an onramp for the autobahn.

astro

nope, it's 160km/h..I do it every time I go to TO, 2-3 times week...both ways...bouncing my truck off it's 100mph limter the whole way...
did I mention I had court for speeding tickets last friday, today, tomorrow, January 28th and March 22nd?

Fabvsix

Who's crossing the T and dotting the I ?

BSK181

just drove to atlantic city from long island, actually my daughter drove and i chilled. 156 miles 2 hours 15 minutes(6 tolls and 2 bridges). speeds from 65-90 got 24 mpg

dajuice27

Damn tree hugger!


I burn gasoline like everyone else by doing 80mph. This is like the minimum on the open road for me, mind you I am used to crosss country treks coming from scjhool and stuff like that. A 2000 mile road trip is the norm, so the road and the car loves me. Besides, 80-100mph gets me there quicker!

Patryn

My average speed is probably 30mph. All I do is city driving usually. When I'm on the highway (rarely) it's only for a short period (10 miles at most) and I usually average about 70-75. every now and then I'll hit 80+ but I keep it down a bit most times.

scl23

I try to keep my speed to about 30% above the speed limit. Very scientific, I know.

25 --> 35
35 --> 45
65 --> 85

ThoroDredCLS

I use the same logic