Okay, so my racing budget is pretty much gone for the year and I'm dreaming up things to do for cheap entertainment in my "off season".

What I'm thinking is a "one-tank trip". I've already plotted a trip that gives a lot of route options in the 400 mile range and good places to stop for lunch and dinner "checkpoints" along the way. The "fast route" is 414 miles, the "short route" is 390 miles. (I'd take the short route, it's mostly non-highway, lower speed, better MPG) I'll probably set a time limit to keep people from going too slow... something that will keep folks within 5 mph of the speed limit.

It'll be an all-day trip. Co-driver recommended so that you can take a break for a couple hours if you want to. No need to kill yourself, right? Schedule will probably be first leg 9:00am-11:30am, lunch, second leg 1-5pm, dinner, final leg 6-9pm, then hang out at the bar until it closes.

Basically, it's just an excuse to take a back-roads road trip and see if you can set a personal MPG record... but if enough people are interested, I might collect an entry fee and do prizes or something. Maybe even some "classing" if enough people want to compete in "not-quite-economy" cars.

Anybody?

PS: If you think this is easy... you obviously haven't tried it yet! Driving for peak economy for 9 hours straight take a great deal of skill and patience. And it won't be quite as easy as just "driving slow", because I'm going to set the time limit short enough to keep you moving.