5 Tips On Making Your Car More Fuel Efficient

[Yooglee]

With gas prices sky high most individuals who drive are interested in ways they can make their car more fuel efficient and save as much money as possible. While there are no fuel saving tips that will keep your car full of gas without filling up, there are some tips that really can help you save money on fuel over the long run. All of these tips focus on making your car more fuel efficient.

Fuel Efficiency Tip #1 Drive When You Crank Up This might seem obvious, but as soon as you crank up your car you should drive off. However, many people crank up and leave the car idling for a while. Instead of this, when you crank up drive off and only keep your car running when it is absolutely necessary.

Fuel Efficiency Tip #2 Don't Ride the Break Many drivers hit the break more often than is necessary. Additionally there are quite a few drivers that slow down for a braking car when they could easily switch lanes. Not riding the break can increase your fuel efficiency by up to 30%, so this is a great tip you should follow.

Fuel Efficiency Tip #3 Turn Off Your Car If you are going to be stopping for more than 10 minutes you should switch off your car to keep fuel efficiency at its peak and not burn more gas than is necessary.

Fuel Efficiency Tip #4 Don't Turn Off Your Car If you are only stopping for a brief moment or less than 5 minutes then don't turn off your car because the amount of gas used to crank up is more than you would burn in that short period of time.

Fuel Efficiency Tip #5 Inflate Tires Properly Too many drivers never think of their tires, unless one goes flat. However, having tires that are properly inflated can save fuel and make your car more fuel efficient, saving you money. Because of this, you should check your tire pressure on a regular basis.

While gas prices don't seem like they will be dipping considerably in the next few months every tip to help you make your car more fuel efficient is helpful. So, follow the above fuel tips and you will see that over time your car really is more fuel efficient.

[ahoier]

Posted in the other gas saving thread, but instead of cutting off the engine at long lights, simply switch to neutral (keep your foot on the brake, or engage the e-brake though, as many slight window blow, or slight hill could cause you to roll, lol).

Get the junk out of the trunk - if possible, even that spare tire Replace it with a can of fix-a-flat (or AAA service? hehe).


Anyone know how rims/tire size would affect mpg? Bigger/Wider Rims/tires vs. smaller rims/tires?

Something I've been curious about, though not something I can see trying, since I've heard some mechanics won't service vehicles that have modified tires/wheels, that aren't to manufacturer specs...?



Windows Up/Down, AC Off/On has been quite a heated debate, but I generally keep the front driver, and backseat driver window cracked about 2 inches, AC off, and the fan on speed 1, with fresh air (not recirc.) on.

With that setup, a nice breeze comes through the driver window, and circulates out the back passenger window.

Usually on the highway the windows get closed though.

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