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    Slightly off topic...

    Roger wrote in Post #7: "(it's a Volvo S80)"

    "It's not WHAT you drive, it's the way that you drive it!". In my experience Volvo drivers tend to think they're so safe and snug in their reinforced steel box that they can ignore other road users - especially bikers. Many tales I hear of SMIDSY incidents involving bikers invariably have an element of "Volvo Driver Syndrom" as it has become known. I have a feeling that Volvos have large blind spots caused by wide front and center pillars which also means that their drivers don't take proper care to check the areas they can't see properly before making road position changes.

    This isn't a poke at Roger, just Volvo drivers in general.

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    Most vehicles will obtain good mileage figures "cruising" on open motorways because the engine is working more efficiently. It's the short stop-start journeys around town that drink the juice. From my own fuel consumption figures over the years (for my ST1100 and ST1300 PanEuropean) I normally average around 43 mpg but on a long motorway hike this goes up to close to 70 mpg.

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