>>513120526Lemme tell you, slowcommuterbro, being fast is not just a skill or a mindset or a way of life, it's a state of being. Practical real-world speed is similar to being a gigachad; people gawk at you in awe when you deliver.
And being fast is not just about WWE-stomping the gas pedal. Any ol nigga can do that (and spin out into the curb).
When I drive, I manage my pace so that anyone I do pass doesn't pass me again โ achieving that while not breaking the speed limit (too much) is the test criterion for not being a retarded speeder
Suppose you're supposed to go 80 miles at 80 mph and you go 100 mph: you've saved 12 minutes.
Suppose you go 60 mph instead: you've lost 20 minutes.
Speeding gets into diminishing returns at highway speeds, and the first red light will wipe out your timesave if you don't manage to catch a green wave or don't know alternate alleys that are situationally faster than waiting at the red light.
If you're going on a 30-minute highway trip and there's a construction zone in the middle of your route where they reduce the highway from 80 down to 40, if you go 10 over normally and then pass the roadworks at 20 over, guys holding the 40 mph limit will not catch up to you when they go 20 over after the roadworks.
That is how I put people in awe with my driving. When I carpool people around town, they praise how safe and considerate of a driver I am, how I make room for mergers, how I gently work the engine... They don't know the horrors I subject my vehicle to on the highway.
But when I'm wanted in another city, I tell 'em "I'll be there", and when I arrive, they shrink back in fear
"How are you already here anon"
On the routes I know, I consistently do 2-hour drives in 1:30. I also change my oil and coolant at half intervals