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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.

Check the Tyre conditions

• Each Tyre of the vehicle should have the appropriate pressure and this can help to increase the fuel economy at least by 3.3%!
• Next thing to be checked is the air filter. Make sure that the air filter is clean, as this can help you save up to 10% fuel charges.
• Keep the vehicle in good condition always. Go through the manual provided at the time of purchasing the vehicle, and make sure on the maintenance and service work timings for your vehicle. Keeping the vehicle in good condition can help you save up to 4.1% of fuel.
• Yet another point to be noted is the fuel you purchase. Take care to buy the exact fuel that suits your vehicle. These details will be given in the manual. Though that fuel may be more costly, it can help you keep your vehicle and its engine in good condition for a longer time.
• Another thing is to reduce the load of the vehicle, to save fuel.
• Moreover, use the grease that is recommended in the manual. This can also help you to reduce the fuel consumption.

Balancing your journeys to make the least amount of travel

• One best thing is to use bikes or walk wherever possible, for short distance.
• Two or more trips that are on the same route can be combined into a single trip.
• Pump the gas into the vehicle during morning time.

Thus if you try out all this well, you can save a lot of fuel that is now being wasted unnecessarily. Moreover, saving fuel can also help you save a lot of money, which can be put into use for a lot other useful purposes!