This job called for a car comfortable enough for logging hundreds of miles
of freeway driving but spicy enough to keep things interesting.
While
on freeway driving at 60 mph car suddenly drops to 40 mph then picks back up My car has an automatic transmission.
Our instructors are state certified and bonded professionals who teach defensive techniques, city and
freeway driving with extensive experience in techniques.
Both work well to inspire confidence
during freeway driving, as well as urban - cut and thrust - traffic negotiation.
Like most of the cars tested here, radar cruise control is standard and
made freeway driving more relaxed.
I was recently on a stretch of
new freeway driving 70, kicked it and 135 came a lot quicker than I could believe.
Based on the trip computer, my drive, which involved stop - and -
go freeway driving and some surface streets, I was getting about 34 mpg.
This will not only teach a driver how to
handle freeway driving but also the rest of the rules that governs driving.
Our instructors will teach the student drivers in all categories of roads
including freeway driving, driving in city traffic and residential area driving.
After an hour or so
of freeway driving, we continued with a low - speed excursion of the local suburban hills and valleys.
But during my time with the car, the trip computer showed fuel economy consistently over 50 mpg
in freeway driving.
Additionally, families buy an addition lesson just
for freeway driving or in many cases, to drive with their student to their local college for the first time.
These transmission choices seem a little archaic by today's standards and account for the mediocre fuel economy
during freeway driving.
I drove to a press unveiling at the GM Tech Center in Warren, an 8.4 - mile mostly
freeway drive from my home.
In our more high - revving driving, we barely made it up to 25 mpg, and that was because of some concerted sixth -
gear freeway driving.
Back in the relative sanity of
normal freeway driving, the Sentra's suspension wasn't too hard, delivering a ride similar to the more pedestrian models down the lineup.
In
freeway driving lessons, we practice freeway only, teaching our students how to enter the freeway, changing lanes, exiting the freeway and understanding the meaning of different sings in the freeways.
Our average, with an emphasis on high -
speed freeway driving, came in at 28.18 mpg, and impressive number.
The RS4 - specific sport seats are supportive and stiffly padded but nevertheless become uncomfortable after
extended freeway driving.
After a very
foggy freeway drive, Nelson noted that the JX's ability to automatically brake for unseen, slow - moving vehicles kept his mother, who was riding shotgun, calm.
Thus, after those 300 miles of
awful freeway driving I was ready to dismiss this car entirely and long for earlier versions of M3s, 318tis and just plain old 3 - series.
In our week with the car, we drove it more than 600 miles in
mainly freeway driving and through the winding coastal roads of Northern California.
Our mixed city and
freeway driving showed 21.3 mpg, a good real - world rating, considering many cars struggle to meet even their EPA city ratings.
In a day of mixed driving with about 40
percent freeway driving at the speed limit I got 28.5 mpg; consistent city driving, even with the stop / start engaged, was closer to 23 mpg, a number that could be equaled or beaten by any number of larger, naturally aspirated sedans like our Accord Sport.
It averages 18 mpg driving at 70mph which isn't horrible, but I sure do envy those CUV drivers who pull in
30mpg freeway driving.
For more
sober freeway driving, we enjoyed experimenting with the M35's intelligent cruise control (ICC) system, which is activated by pushing a button the steering wheel - mounted cruise control button followed by the Set function on the toggle switch located above.
Ride quality was not the best of this test, nor was the CX - 9's interior the quietest, but the seats offered a good mix of comfort and support, making
freeway drives pleasant.
They seem pretty accurate based on my around - town driving too: I managed just under 17 mpg in a mix of city and
sluggish freeway driving with two brief full - throttle stoplight romps thrown in for good measure.
We managed to pull 15.8 mpg out of it, but that involved ample
gentle freeway driving mixed in with pounding it over mountain courses.
Of course, those numbers depend largely on how heavy your foot is, whether you have climate control blasting, where you're driving (
freeway driving sucks down the juice with more zeal than city driving), and what mode you're in.
Situated 7 kilometres from Nelson Bay, 180
kilometres freeway driving from Sydney and 25 kilometres from Newcastle Airport, Wanderers Retreat is easily accessible.
However, bear in mind that
steady freeway driving is more fuel efficient than taking backroads that cause you to stop or shift frequently.