11 Ways To Save Fuel (Gas Mileage Tips)


A driver’s fuel economy can be agressive or sloppy but in this article we’ll cover on how to be more efficient.

1. Monitor your fuel economy

By measuring your fuel economy you can check if changes you make to your driving are saving you fuel gas mileage. If you have a fuel economy estimate on your dash-board you can see and learn how to accelerate efficiently and find the sweet spot speed at which your car uses less fuel.

2. Maintain your motor

According to the EPA the gas mileage of your car can improve by 4% if you have it properly tuned, for tires inflated correctly by 3%, and using the right oil by 2%. Keep your car rolling smoothly, it’ll pay off.

3. Lose some weight

Excessive weight in the car wastes fuel, especially when accelerating. If there’s unecessary things in your car then remove them. Actually, The secret of the new fuel economic cars is making the cars lighter.                                                        *Losing 100 pounds will imrpove fuel economy by 2%.

4. Don’t be a drag

When a car goes beyond 30 MPH it starts using more energy to deal with wind resistance than for rolling. Having your sun roof open or windows down can increase the drag.

5. Be a smooth operator






6. Don’t be a revhead

Over revving your car wastes fuel easily so try to have as a general rule to change up a gear under 2,500 revolutions. Check your car’s manual because sometimes there’s a guide for this.

7. Watch your top speed

*Research by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory compared the fuel economy of 74 cars at speeds 50, 60, 70, and 80 mph and results showed that for every additional 10 mph beyond 50 mph reduces fuel economy by about 14%. If you have a tendency to drive really fast on the highway, slowing down (by about 10mph) will save you a good portion of fuel.

 8. Roll with it
Flow with gravity by allowing your car to go slightly slower up a hill and then going down in gear. This will save you fuel by trading kinetic energy for stored energy of being higher.
9. Don’t be idle
If you’re waiting for someone or stationary in traffic you are better off turning the engine off (When it’s safe to do so). Modern cars don’t need much time to warm up.
10. Easy on the AC
Low AC, instead of high setting, can help your fuel economy to improve by more than 10%
11. Avoid traffic
The stop-start of traffic will ruin your fuel economy. Get phone APPs that show traffic flow to avoid jams and save fuel.
Source: shrinkthatfootprint.com

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