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Achieving Fuel Economy – How to use fuel economically

Some of the ideas given in the Consumer’s Guide may sound blunt and pointless, but you can see that they are really effective, once you start putting them into practice :-

• One of the best options to use fuel economically is to change the style of driving! Reducing the speed is something which most people do not like to do, owing to the fact that it saves you time, and helps you get through the traffic, and moreover, is great fun. But reducing the speed can help you save up to two to four miles of mileage, per each gallon of fuel!
• Reduce the sudden brakes and sudden accelerations you give, as they cause you to use up some extra fuel.
• Most of them do not care to stop the vehicle when they are waiting for someone or something, for instance a train to pass. If this is done, at least some amount of fuel can be saved.
• Warming up of the vehicle above 30 seconds can cause a lot of extra fuel to be burnt out without any purpose. But in places which have extreme winters, the engines get cold very fast and such vehicles would need more time for warm ups.
• It would be advisable to keep your windows up, because if they are pulled down, there would be a natural resistance from air, which would cause the engine to draw more fuel and work harder to move on.

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