Secret Tips for Saving Gas
June 22nd, 2009 • Filed Under•314 views
If you want to know every tips to improving your gas mileage, Here are fuel-saving strategies and secret tips that aren’t common knowledge. Maybe you should know it 
and make any comments on the driving habbits can save gas and money
Eight Secret Tips for How To Save Gas
What kind of driving habbits can save your gas and money?—By Eric C
UPS wants to eliminate all left hand turns from their drivers to save gas. we don’t need to go to that extreme, but what do you do to save gas when you drive?
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Comment by
RPM on 22 June 2009:
Combine all errands to one trip. Accelerate smoothly, keep constant pace to avoid unnecessary braking, use A/C only when necessary (thank goodness it’s not hot in the Pacific Northwest). Keep up car maintenance … clean air filter, properly tuned up, tires properly inflated, remove excess weight (junk in the trunk, ski racks), etc.
Extremes won’t help much … drafting cars, shifting to neutral going down hills, etc. Careful planning of driving route helps to eliminate wasted fuel as well.
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Mike B on 22 June 2009:
There are many methods out there for reducing gas, one is lowering the weight of your car, changing air filter and spark plugs can save you almost 40% on gas. Also making sure you drive as efficiently in traffic as possible (avoid rush hour/stop and go traffic). These are just a couple methods used to save gas, and the best part is these can be implemented right away wheras doing other modifications to your vehicle itself will take time.
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Comment by
john carlo on 22 June 2009:
1. Make sure your tires are properly inflated.
2.2Drive slower when possible. There was a reason for the 55 speed limit the last time around.
3. Be familiar with the traffic flow/signals around your town and area. Slow down when you see a red light and coast up to it. Some roads have lights timed for the speed limit. A car uses 20% more gas from a stop than while accelerating from 5 mph so coast and then roll when the light turns green.
4. Reduce weight. Don’t haul around dead weight such as sand bags from the winter or other materials. If you don’t need a full tank of gas (e.g. around town) keep your tank only 1/2 full; less weight = less gas used.
5. Accelerate moderately but get to higher gears quickly: they let the engine turn more slowly.
6. Frequent stops at rail crossings? If you have an idea of the train traffic in your area and know they usually last about 3-4 minutes (as they do here) turn your engine off. My hybrid always shuts down when stopped.
7. Waiting for someone? If the weather allows open your windows and turn off the engine. I’ve seen so many people waiting with the windows down but the engine RUNNING. Regardless of published hwy/city mileage, everyones car gets ZERO mileage while idling.
8. Plan your trips: go the furthest destination first to warm up the car. Then work your way back home,
9. Car pool; ride a bike; walk.
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Comment by
Thomas M on 22 June 2009:
hell, here I want to know What are some of the best ways to save gas while driving?
What can I do to my 2001 Camry to help save gas, including after-market parts?
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June 22nd, 2009 at 5:54 am
You can start off by buying a tornado for your car. You put it in the air filter and it helps u save about 1-2 miles per gallon. Its about $60 but i think that it is worth it in the long run. Plus it gives ur car a little bit of horsepower. You can go to the local autozone and they will help u find the right one. This is one of the things u can do. Hope this helps.
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June 22nd, 2009 at 5:54 am
Smooth easy acceleration, maintain steady speeds, and most of all don’t wait till your 20 feet from a stop sign or a red light to take your foot off the gas!
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paul h Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:55 am
Good tuneup with plugs, wires, air filter, fuel filer, pcv, inflate tires to correct pressure and check every month, drive slow–anything over 45 mph is not efficient, turn off a/c at low speeds but use at high speeds and keep windows up to lower drag on the car. Remove any unnecessary items in the car to reduce weight—less weight=better mileage. Consolidate trips to store. work or shopping….carpool or go with friends maybe. Turn off car if idling for more than a couple of minutes. Put fuel injector cleaner in the gas tank every couple of months to keep the injectors working good. Shop around for cheapest gas you can find. Tornado-air products or simliar products aren’t worth the extra expense in my opinion and somewhat dubious in their claims–most modern cars are highly efficient and don’t gain anything substantial to justify the price vs mileage gain. If the car companies could get 3-4 more miles per gallon for a piece of sheetmetal with vanes, don’t you think they’d be putting them in.
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Lover not a Fighter Reply:
June 22nd, 2009 at 5:55 am
Some of the simplest things you can do are: keep proper tire air pressure, keep air filters clean, tune-up (spark plugs and wires in good condition), don’t accelerate and slow down a lot (try using cruise control more often), no jack rabbit starts (quick acceleration makes a huge difference in MPG).
Two mild after-market mods are short-air intake (or cold-air intake) and exhaust headers. These also make the car feel more powerful but they may also make the car louder (it made my Civic louder).
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Comment by
Martin Cassini on 23 June 2009:
There’s some good advice here, and it boils down to smooth driving. On one point I would go further than John Carlo. He says you save 20% fuel by accelerating from 5mph than from a stop. In research for my article, No Idle Matter (Google finds it), I found that the stop-start drive cycle occasioned by traffic lights (the biggest gas guzzlers of them all?) increases fuel use and emissions by a factor of no less than 4. If we were free to glide through on opportunity, rather than constantly have to move a ton of metal from a standing start, we could make our fuel go up to four times as far, and could cut our emissions by up to 75%. See also FiT Roads.
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