Tuesday’s Tips: Gas Saving Tips
Today, we are taking a look at some tips that will help you save gas in light of the rising prices!
Skip the prolonged engine warm-ups in the winter time, and getting the car cooled down for your passengers in the summer. 30-45 seconds is good enough to warm up the engine and get going. It will avoid wasting fuel. In the summer time, get in and go. As long as you roll the windows down you are good. Using the A/C kills gas mileage!
Avoid starting and stopping the engine more than you have to. Starting your engine uses gasoline that idling the engine for one minute uses. If you’ll be waiting awhile, go ahead and shut it off, otherwise, leave her running.
Keep your car tuned up and eyes on the oil. The better your car is tuned up, the better mileage you’ll get. Several things impact your gas mileage, so you need to be sure your car is in optimum condition.
Fill up at the coolest time of the day. You are charged for volume of purchase, so it is during the coolest time of day that gasoline is densest. This means you’ll get the most for your money.
Drive the speed limit! Gas efficiency decreases the faster you drive!
For more, check out this website: http://www.howtoadvice.com/savinggas
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“Drive the speed limit! Gas efficiency decreases the faster you drive!” - it’s not true, there is an optimal speed for every car / engine.
if you’d drive 1 mile per hour you’d have very poor efficiency
Yes, this is true. I suppose I should have reworded the blog to read something along the lines of “Do not drive above your optimal speed”, but I believe that it is common sense that you cannot get efficiency at insanely low speeds, or overly high speeds.