{"id":115,"date":"2012-12-14T08:34:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T00:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.joel.net.au\/?p=115"},"modified":"2026-06-20T16:31:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T08:31:18","slug":"driving-differences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2012\/12\/14\/driving-differences\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Differences"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1994\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1994\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/2012\/12\/14\/driving-differences\/_mg_4360ai\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MG_4360AI.avif\" data-orig-size=\"500,179\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The Road to Broken Hill\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt; The Road to Broken Hill&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; The Road to Broken Hill&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MG_4360AI.avif\" src=\"https:\/\/day.lat\/lon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/MG_4360AI.avif\" alt=\"The Road to Broken Hill\" width=\"500\" height=\"179\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1994\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Road to Broken Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Interesting to compare my drive this time with the drive I did last time in 2004.  Now I&#8217;m driving an SUV, which uses a bit more fuel than my little Corolla did.  I seem to be carrying MUCH more stuff than I did last time, which is a bit of a pain.  Among the items is my mountain bike, which has stayed in the back the entire time so far for various reasons (including security, fuel economy, and nasty road surfaces).  <\/p>\n<p>I have the aid of numerous GPS devices, but as far as navigation is concerned, they are really only best for micro views of where you are going and are a bit cumbersome to step back and get the big picture of where you are going for the day.  Map books still lead the way in getting big-picture views of what is around.  On the other hand, the GPS has been very good for sussing out all the service station options in small towns (where I have saved quite a bit tracking down the stations the locals use on back streets).  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