Not typical.
Almost the same here. Actually running mid 19s on highway.
Time is money, I'm happy with my 17mpg at 85mph on the freeway.
Brother, I totally get it. I occasionally group camp/travel with folks and we have a standing agreement: get to the rest stop, get a table, and I'll be there before your first beer is done but not after. I enjoy relaxed driving, and live by the maxim that if I need to be driving fast I should have left earlier. In my younger years I owned a really spiffy R6, and several 1.0 liter cruisers, all capable of going way faster than I had any business going. Buried a few friends during that time, one of which a slow down/watch for bikes sign was erected here in Washington for. Cause of death: guy speeding on a gradual mountain pass curve, couldn't take the turn and drifted about a foot into the oncoming lane and hit my friend. He had no criminal record, a nice dad with a couple kids, just driving too fast. These days, I'm just in no damn hurry. I'm not a dick about it though - I stick in the slow lane except to pass (unlike the worst drivers imho who drive slow in the left).
As a life long commuter, avid road tripper, and Jeeper for 20+ years, I have probably spent more time behind the wheel than most truck drivers. I drive fast, but also pay attention and know the limits of my vehicles. Out here most freeway speed limits are 70-80mph. Some people act like 85mph is crazy fast, but many are the same ass holes driving 40+ through residential neighborhoods while texting. Across AZ, NV, and UT you'll get passed by semis pulling triples if you're under 80mph. I'd rather see the guy rolling 100mph paying attention than the guy cruising 65mph texting or worse the prius in the fast lane driving 50mph. I've pulled as high as 19mpg cruising down the coast at 55mph, and there is a time and a place for that. I averaged 9.5mpg with the jeep on the trailer on our last 2300+ mile road trip and had an average speed of 65mph(speeds as high as 90mph) when we were done. Sure I could have gotten 11-12mpg cruising 55mph, but at ~11 extra hours of the jeep on the trailer we would have lost an entire day of wheeling in the process.
