Re: Elephant in the room
> have a pressing need to do 500-700miles/day
No, but I have several times a year the need to make 500-600 miles trips. I definitely wouldn't want to make those trips in 200-miles installments, a day is only so long. Now it happens those trips (and the weekly trip to the supermarket) are the main reason I have a car (I use my bike to drive to work, even when it rains and snows).
I admit my needs are special and certainly not very common, but they do exist. Don't assume majority = totality.