Tips For Saving Fuel

By Author: Nick Lawrence
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For most the drivers the problem of filling their car regularly with gas can cause money worries and lead to unhappiness with the vehicle they are driving. There are many ways a vehicle owner can improve the miles per gallon achieved by their vehicle and reduce fuel costs over the course of a year. Car owners have the option of purchasing a more fuel efficient vehicle, or simply keeping up to date with their car maintenance in a bid to keep fuel efficiency as high as possible. Planning when, where and how a car is driven can also lead to a large decrease in fuel costs associated with any vehicle.


For most the drivers the problem of filling their car regularly with gas can cause money worries and lead to unhappiness with the vehicle they are driving. There are many ways a vehicle owner can improve the miles per gallon achieved by their vehicle and reduce fuel costs over the course of a year. Car owners have the option of purchasing a more fuel efficient vehicle, or simply keeping up to date with their car maintenance in a bid to keep fuel efficiency as high as possible. Planning when, where and how a car is ...
... driven can also lead to a large decrease in fuel costs associated with any vehicle.


Car maintenance can have a large effect on the amount of fuel a vehicle uses over both the short and long term. For example, taking small steps like ensuring the tires are inflated only to the recommended level by the manufacturer can lead to an improvement in miles over gallon of around 3.3 percent over over-inflated tires. For those looking to increase fuel usage and performance, a vehicle should be tuned regularly to make sure fuel usage does not fall and an improvement of around four percent is maintained with a properly tuned vehicle.


How and when a vehicle is driven are two of the major issues surrounding excessive fuel consumption. When a car is driven at high speeds with a large amount of acceleration and deceleration more gas is generally consumed. Common sense driving techniques like employing cruise control on highways can maintain a constant speed that uses less fuel. Speed limits are also in place for a good reason, not only do they generally make the roads safer, but they allow drivers to conserve fuel by keeping drivers from traveling too fast. At an average price per gallon of $3.33 for fuel, the average car traveling at more than 50 mph uses fuel at such a fast rate that drivers pay an extra $0.24 per gallon each 5 mph above 50 they reach.


Cars are an important tool for commuting and traveling for leisure activities, making sensible decisions about when to drive can also lead to lower fuel costs, which can be achieved by following some simple fuel saving tips. If a job allows flexible working hours a driver may be better suited to traveling to work outside of peak, rush hour times. Sitting in a car gently idling without moving because of a traffic jam can raise stress levels and use as much as one half gallon of gas per hour. When traveling by car always make sure only what is needed is carried in the vehicle, a heavy set of golf clubs or heavy toolbox cost more in fuel to haul around. The same can be said of leisure equipment tied to a roof rack, which lowers the aerodynamic efficiency of the vehicle and increases the amount of fuel used to overcome the drag of the equipment carried on the roof.


One of the best ways of saving on fuel consumption is to find a vehicle with a low fuel consumption level. Over recent years vast improvements have been made in the fuel consumption of most new vehicles produced, the US Government agency, EPA has published detailed reports and fuel efficiency estimates on every make and model of vehicle produced and sold in the US since 1984.


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