Fuel Saver Strategy #5
Always consolidate your daily trips and errands. Sounds obvious isn't it? But ever so often we are guilty of making that 4th trip to the same grocery store in a week. Consolidate your trips, rearrange your schedules and you'll find that you could actually have more time on your hands to be more productive than just spending more time in your car. So at the end of the day you save time and you're a fuel saver!
I realized that in the process of being a fuel saver, I am saving more than just fuel. Looking back at the previous strategy (#3), being a fuel saver has many side benefits. It can help save on maintenance costs, your life, the earth and now your time. Ain't it great?
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Simple Fuel Saver Strategies
Fuel Saver Strategy #4
Avoid stop and go traffic by taking alternative routes or less congested travel paths. This is a great fuel saver. Traveling the shorter route is usually the best way for fuel savers, but it doesn't apply when your shortest route experiences heavy traffic. In fact, the longer but smoother route may just prove to be a better fuel saver!
When driving in the city, nearly 50% of the energy used to power the vehicle is for acceleration and unnecessary braking wastes that energy, thus going into anti-fuel saver mode. Also, accelerating quickly causes the engine to enter a less efficient fuel enrichment mode whereby additional fuel is delivered to increase the rate of acceleration. In most cases, this is overkill since a lot more fuel than required is actually being delivered. Highly anti-fuel saver.
With gas prices at all time highs, avoiding congested routes and even having to pay highway tolls may just be still a better alternative than taking that short but congested anti-fuel saver route.
This way you'll have a more enjoyable drive, better state of mind when you arrive at your destination, avoid bumper to bumper traffic that ever so often result in accidents and be a fuel saver at the same time.
Avoid stop and go traffic by taking alternative routes or less congested travel paths. This is a great fuel saver. Traveling the shorter route is usually the best way for fuel savers, but it doesn't apply when your shortest route experiences heavy traffic. In fact, the longer but smoother route may just prove to be a better fuel saver!
When driving in the city, nearly 50% of the energy used to power the vehicle is for acceleration and unnecessary braking wastes that energy, thus going into anti-fuel saver mode. Also, accelerating quickly causes the engine to enter a less efficient fuel enrichment mode whereby additional fuel is delivered to increase the rate of acceleration. In most cases, this is overkill since a lot more fuel than required is actually being delivered. Highly anti-fuel saver.
With gas prices at all time highs, avoiding congested routes and even having to pay highway tolls may just be still a better alternative than taking that short but congested anti-fuel saver route.
This way you'll have a more enjoyable drive, better state of mind when you arrive at your destination, avoid bumper to bumper traffic that ever so often result in accidents and be a fuel saver at the same time.
Simple Fuel Saver Strategies
Fuel Saver Strategy #3
Not tailgating the car in front. This is a fuel saver strategy that can improve gas mileage by five to 10%. This driving strategy is not only safer, but it will also reduce wear on the tires and brakes.
So not only you save fuel, you save on car maintenance and save your life. Best of all, at the end of the day you save the earth!
Not tailgating the car in front. This is a fuel saver strategy that can improve gas mileage by five to 10%. This driving strategy is not only safer, but it will also reduce wear on the tires and brakes.
So not only you save fuel, you save on car maintenance and save your life. Best of all, at the end of the day you save the earth!
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