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Reply With Quotemany people are not patient especially when it comes to #1 on your list. Leaving space in between yourself and the car ahead of you often gets you honked at or cut off and curse out.
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How you drive affects your gas consumption
This is total common sense - but I thought it was worth mentioning. I have the pleasure of fighting major metropolitan traffic every day. It's common for people to quickly dart back and forth between lanes. The problem is that this requires rapid acceleration (aka Jack Rabbit Driving) and deceleration. You're going to burn more gas if you have to keep pushing the car to get up to a speed you won't maintain and then slow down only to have to accelerate again.
There are a couple of things I do to avoid having to push the gas pedal a lot :
- Leave enough following distance in the speeding lane so I don't have to push the gas and brakes a lot when the car in front of me does
- Try to drive during non peak hours - sometimes just 15 minutes earlier than usual can make your drive smoother
- Stick to highways - surface streets eat up gas
- Don't idle - if you need to sit for more than a minute - turn the car off
This is stuff I do - but if you need a legitimate source who also condones these things : http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/driveHabits.shtml
many people are not patient especially when it comes to #1 on your list. Leaving space in between yourself and the car ahead of you often gets you honked at or cut off and curse out.
Minimise fuel wasted in idling by stopping the engine whenever your car is stopped or held up for an extended period of time. By having the engine switched off, even for a short period, you will save more fuel than is lost from the burst of fuel involved in restarting the engine. The net increased wear and tear from this practice is negligible.
Follow these instruction and save energy As While each vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed (or range of speeds), gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. You can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.24 per gallon for gas. Observing the speed limit is also safer.
Very nice tips. Regular maintenance of the car can also help in the conservation of gas for your car. When the car is clean it runs smoothly and in that way you can save gas.
Try to get it fixed ASAP it probably won't affect gas mileage etc. but it is very bad for the environment. Driving it in the meantime will only damage the environment I don't think it will leave any damage on your car.
Cars are designed to start in the lowest gear possible because that's where they have the most power, but that power translates to an increase in fuel consumption. To improve your fuel economy, drive in the highest gear possible when you are cruising at a steady speed, such as on the highway. If your vehicle has an automatic transmission with a "sport" mode, it's most likely that this is a computer program designed to shift later (and therefore keep you in a lower gear longer). While this gives you greater performance, driving in "sport" mode will also decrease your fuel economy.
thanks for sharing well explained by giving examples
Brake Fluid
Regularly changing the brake fluid in your car allows safe brake operation and can also save money. Brake fluid transfers the pressure you apply of the brake pedal to the brakes at the wheels of your car.
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