Reasonable Advice On Gas Saving
With fuel prices growing all over the United States, this matter becomes burning hot in the country, too. Finally Americans joined the rest of the planet in a desire to save some fuel. Here are some tips from the former car engine designer that can help you to achieve best gas mileage.
- Use landscape to your benefit. If road goes up and down, don’t try to maintain constant speed. Let your vehicle speed up down the hill, so its inertia will help it climb up the next hill, and let the speed decrease slightly while you are going up. Of course you have to coordinate this with the traffic flow, so other drivers don’t get mad at you.
- Optimize your route. The less distance you drive, the less gasoline you use. If you have to go to several places, see how you can route your trip to have the minimum number of miles driven.
- In a hot weather, turn off air conditioner and open windows while driving in the city if practical, and close windows and turn on air conditioner on freeways. At higher speeds (50 MPH and up) aerodynamic resistance becomes a main gasoline eater, at lower speeds air conditioner consumes more.
- If you drive an auto, use overdrive. If you drive a stick shift, use your gears. Your intent is to drive in the highest gear, but without taxing your engine.
- Don’t store in the car or truck anything you don’t absolutely need. Check your trunk, glove box, and passenger compartment for belongings that do not have any business being in the car or truck on a permanent basis. This does not save you much (unless you have a habit of driving with the full trunk) - but it does save a bit, and it does not cost anything to implement.
All these tips will not turn your gas guzzler into a 40 MPG compact car, but they will help you to achieve best gas mileage possible in your current situation.
