How to Conserve Fuel or Gas when Driving

Here are a few tips on how to stretch a tank of Fuel in your vehicle.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

1. Avoid aggressive driving which includes speeding, rapid acceleration and riding the brakes; All of these wastes gas. It can lower your gas mileage by 30 percent at highway speeds and up to 10 percent around town.

2. gas mileage decreases at speeds above 60 mph. Studies have shown that approximately For every 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.25 per gallon for gas. Ouch!

3. Using cruise control on the highway helps you maintain a constant speed and will help in saving gas. Its the rapid Acceleration / Deceleration that is bad. Remember this when the light changes, no need to Gun it! Coasting into Red lights also may help.

4. Use overdrive gearing in town if you have that setting. Your vehicles engine speed goes down. This saves gas and reduces engine wear. Hope this helps!

[SchoolOfLife]

on 3/11/2009 Great article, thanks for this one. Keep them coming! :)

[Kallicat]

on 3/4/2009 Simple but yet effective tips.