Drivers could order and pay in the McDonald's drive-through lane or synch a car's music system with a home computer.

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So is the time it takes to swing in and out of a McDonald's drive-through.

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McDonald's is cutting some fat, while KFC opens the first drive-through in China.

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In last year's study, the average service time at the McDonald's drive-through studied was 188.83 seconds, compared with 129.75 for industry leader Wendy's Co.

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