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1. Maintain Proper Tire inflation Pressure
Proper maintenance of tire pressure can be worth anywhere from 1 to as much as 3 miles per gallon. Check your owners manual for the tire pressure specifications of your vehicle.
2. Plan Ahead
Plan your route ahead of time and choose the route with the fewest stops and least amount of traffic possible.
3. Maintain a Constant Speed
Maintain a constant speed: Avoid constantly slowing down and speeding back up. In addition to improving your fuel economy, you will also reduce wear on your brakes.
4. Braking
Avoid riding the brakes and avoid fast stops. By watching the road ahead and leaving plenty of space between you and the car in front of you, you will be able to slow down when necessary without having to make a fast stop. This will improve your fuel economy and will reduce wear on the brakes.
5. Speed
Driving at higher speeds reduces your fuel economy significantly. It takes more fuel to maintain 65 or 70 mph than it takes to maintain 55 or 60 mph. The Department of Energy says that every 5 mph you drive over 60 mph represents a 7% reduction in fuel economy.
6. Cruise Control
Use your cruise control when you can, especially on long stretches of highway travel.
7. Clean Air Filters
Make sure the air filter in your car is clean, excessively dirty air filters will rob you of valuable fuel economy.
8. Tune-Up
Make sure you keep your vehicle tuned up. Spark plugs that are fouled or spark plug wires that are deterioriated will reduce your fuel economy.
9. General Maintenance
Proper maintenance is the key to keeping your car running at peak efficiency and as a result will help keep your fuel economy as high as possible. Keep your oil and air filters fresh. Excessively dirty air filters will reduce your fuel economy. Make sure to keep all chassis and suspension points properly lubricated and wheel bearings and seals maintained and check the differential lubricant on the vehicle.
10. Take Only What You Need
Keep all non-essential items out of your car. A trunk full of non-essential items only adds excess weight to your car and uses more fuel to carry it around with you.
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