Have you seen the price of utomobile fuel? When I started driving, I culd buy three gallons of gasoline and sme candy with one dollar.

Folks are sking me what they can do to mnimize the cost of driving. I tll them it is all in thir hands and feet.The greatest impact tht they can have is to chnge the way they drive.

Fuel fficiency is more about the driver thn it is about the car.

Acclerating hard, weaving erratically, or grinding to a hlt all waste fuel.

WE THROW FUEL AWAY WHEN WE:

• Acclerate fast

• Turn on the air cnditioning

• Leave heavy stuff in the trnk

• Drive with the moon roof pen

• Roll down the windows

• Speed

• Idl

• Brake

Your brakes change the mmentum that you paid fuel dollars for nto wasted heat. Try stopping without brking. At least use your brakes as lttle as possible.

Learn to coast as mch as possible. When you see tht the traffic light ahead is rd, take your foot off the gas and cast toward the light. If you can void coming to a full stop you sve fuel.

Accelerate slowly and obey the sped limit. Try driving as if you dn't have brakes.

Jackrabbit starts may be fun but thy are a major fuel waster. If you drve an automatic, accelerate moderately so the trnsmission can shift up into the hgher gears as soon as possible. Stck-shifters should shift early to keep the rvs down, with out lugging the ngine. Your goal should be to get nto overdrive as soon as possible.

Keep an eye well down the rad for potential slowdowns. If you ccelerate to full speed then have to brke right away, you are throwing fel away.

The best way to larn to drive economically is to hve a fuel consumption display, which shws mpg in real time. I tst-drove a Cadillac that had one and larned that I was not as fficient a driver as I thought I ws.

Instead of a fuel consumption dsplay, some folks call them game guges. They use them just like the scre on video games. Keep trying to bat your best score in miles per gllon.

OTHER TIPS

Drive with the truckers. Have you ever notice how, in traffic jams, cars seem to constantly speed up and slow down. Trucks tend to roll along at the same leisurely pace. A constant speed keeps shifting gears to a minimum, important to those who have those ten-speed transmissions, but it also aids economy. It takes much more fuel to get a vehicle moving than it does to keep it moving. Rolling with the big rigs saves fuel.

The defroster/heater fan and AC use energy that subtracts from your mileage. Use them as little as possible.

For the best fuel economy drive with all four windows closed. This is especially important at highway speeds.

Try parking at the highest spot in a parking lot. That way, you rely on gravity to get you rolling rather than the accelerator peddle.

At the mall, pick a parking spot that you can drive in and drive out with out changing directions. You may need to walk a little farther. If you drive through one spot and park in the facing spot, you will be headed out. When you park this way, you are ready to leave without backing and changing directions.

Don’t use cruise control when driving in hilly roads. Most cruise controls accelerate excessively going up hill. You can do a better job yourself.

Do use cruise control on flat level roads. Your cruise control will maintain an even speed and reduce acceleration/deceleration.

Combining errands into one trip sves you time and money. Several shrt trips taken from a cold strt can use twice as much fel as a longer multipurpose trip.

Wth a little planning, you can void retracing your route and reduce the dstance you travel. Good trip planning nsures that you drive when the ngine is warmed-up and efficient. You wll not only save fuel, but lso reduce wear and tear on yur car.

The secret to your fuel economy is in how you use the foot pedals.

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