Read Driving Articles To Learn How To Save Gasoline
A drive by your local service station is a quick reminder that fuel prices are rising again. In our current economy, there are many of us that need to find a way to save on the cost of fuel.
Driving articles abound on the internet. You will also find them in many magazines that focus on automobiles and driving. As you read through those driving articles, you will find many tips. Most of those tips are not new, and you may have heard them before. Just remember that using the tips found in driving articles, may increase your mileage as much as 30 percent. That means that a vehicle the is currently getting 22 miles per gallon could squeeze almost 30 miles out of that same gallon of gasoline.
The first tip you will find in many articles is to slow down. The articles speak of a sweet spot for each vehicle. You may need to experiment and keep records in order to find the combination that gives your vehicle the best mileage.
A second tip you will find in driving articles, reminds you to avoid quick starts or stops. A quick start requires more fuel to accelerate your car to highway speeds. In fact, one driving article suggests that you never press the accelerator pedal more than one inch during acceleration. Quick stops also force more fuel into the car's engine and wears down the brakes.
Use of cruise control is suggested in several articles as a way to save fuel. The cruise control in most modern vehicles are controlled by the car's computer. They save gasoline by avoiding the constant pressing and releasing of the accelerator. They also avoid the tendency that we have to speed up over long trips. In addition to saving fuel, they may also save a speeding ticket.
Driving articles will also suggest that you avoid idling you vehicle for over 30 seconds. Modern gasoline engines do not require a warm up time so starting early is not necessary except when needing to have the heat to defrost vehicles that are parked outside overnight. Parking in a garage or carport will avoid this problem. Parking in the shade will also avoid the extra air-conditioning needed to cool a car overheated by the sun.
Another reminder you will find in driving articles is to avoid overfilling the fuel tank. This can force fuel into the vapor units of your car and cause damage. Many fuel pumps at service stations are equipped so that excess fuel is actually returned to the service station's fuel tank and not to yours. Do not waste money paying for gasoline that is not going into your tank.
A final tip is to travel light. That heavy toolbox that you are carrying around lowers your fuel economy. In addition, the golf clubs and extra cartons of soda that you forgot to take into your home reduce economy. Anything that adds weight will lower fuel economy.
You may decide that you cannot use all the tips found in driving articles about reducing fuel consumption. Just choosing a few may make a significant difference in the mileage your vehicle gets. Every gallon saved drops the price of gasoline for all of us. - 21392
Driving articles abound on the internet. You will also find them in many magazines that focus on automobiles and driving. As you read through those driving articles, you will find many tips. Most of those tips are not new, and you may have heard them before. Just remember that using the tips found in driving articles, may increase your mileage as much as 30 percent. That means that a vehicle the is currently getting 22 miles per gallon could squeeze almost 30 miles out of that same gallon of gasoline.
The first tip you will find in many articles is to slow down. The articles speak of a sweet spot for each vehicle. You may need to experiment and keep records in order to find the combination that gives your vehicle the best mileage.
A second tip you will find in driving articles, reminds you to avoid quick starts or stops. A quick start requires more fuel to accelerate your car to highway speeds. In fact, one driving article suggests that you never press the accelerator pedal more than one inch during acceleration. Quick stops also force more fuel into the car's engine and wears down the brakes.
Use of cruise control is suggested in several articles as a way to save fuel. The cruise control in most modern vehicles are controlled by the car's computer. They save gasoline by avoiding the constant pressing and releasing of the accelerator. They also avoid the tendency that we have to speed up over long trips. In addition to saving fuel, they may also save a speeding ticket.
Driving articles will also suggest that you avoid idling you vehicle for over 30 seconds. Modern gasoline engines do not require a warm up time so starting early is not necessary except when needing to have the heat to defrost vehicles that are parked outside overnight. Parking in a garage or carport will avoid this problem. Parking in the shade will also avoid the extra air-conditioning needed to cool a car overheated by the sun.
Another reminder you will find in driving articles is to avoid overfilling the fuel tank. This can force fuel into the vapor units of your car and cause damage. Many fuel pumps at service stations are equipped so that excess fuel is actually returned to the service station's fuel tank and not to yours. Do not waste money paying for gasoline that is not going into your tank.
A final tip is to travel light. That heavy toolbox that you are carrying around lowers your fuel economy. In addition, the golf clubs and extra cartons of soda that you forgot to take into your home reduce economy. Anything that adds weight will lower fuel economy.
You may decide that you cannot use all the tips found in driving articles about reducing fuel consumption. Just choosing a few may make a significant difference in the mileage your vehicle gets. Every gallon saved drops the price of gasoline for all of us. - 21392
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