Early Leases Ending Soon...

[daiheadjai]

Originally Posted by billwot

Uhh...you aren't using up your mileage "...sitting in trafic...gridlocked".

If you commute on a daily basis to/from work, 40 km gridlocked is still 40 km....
Except it's 40km of less-than-enjoyable driving, that could've been spent on a twisty road elsewhere.

[PhantomX]

Originally Posted by daiheadjai

If you commute on a daily basis to/from work, 40 km gridlocked is still 40 km....
Except it's 40km of less-than-enjoyable driving, that could've been spent on a twisty road elsewhere.

You said sitting in traffic. You gain 0 miles/km just sitting there.

And if you're complaining about spending 40km in gridlock, why continue to do it? Find another (more fun) route around it even if means putting more mileage into it. Apparently, you value fun more than anything.

[billwot]

Originally Posted by PhantomX

You said sitting in traffic. You gain 0 miles/km just sitting there.

And if you're complaining about spending 40km in gridlock, why continue to do it? Find another (more fun) route around it even if means putting more mileage into it. Apparently, you value fun more than anything.

[daiheadjai]

Originally Posted by PhantomX

You said sitting in traffic. You gain 0 miles/km just sitting there.

And if you're complaining about spending 40km in gridlock, why continue to do it? Find another (more fun) route around it even if means putting more mileage into it. Apparently, you value fun more than anything.

Not all cities are blessed with good roads within easy reach - I'm lucky in that I do have one alternate route which is off the beaten path and saves me from the gridlock on the way home - the problem is, it isn't as good an option for the drive in (due to varied traffic conditions).
And this thread is related to leased cars - Mileage does happen to be a big economic part of the decision-making, so that it isn't always feasible to drive the 1-2hrs to find fun roads (though I try to make do with off ramps and on ramps).

I'm not sure where the confusion comes from - the point isn't that you lose or gain mileage, but that the mileage you spend in traffic isn't the best use of this car. If you don't think being in traffic (slow or gridlocked) is a waste of this car's potential, I don't know what to tell you.