May 15, 2008
From Hypermiling
1. First (and most important) step: Start recording your gas mileage. Easiest way? Use your trip odometer. Method to check your MPG
2. Second step: Do you drive aggressively and not know it?
3. The third step: How long are you sitting still at red lights?
4. The fourth step: Keeping moving in traffic congestion.
5. The fifth step: Slowly accelerate after stops.
6. The sixth step: Your cruise control saves gas ...
Apr 4, 2008
from 10w40.com
This tutorial starts with the assumption that you already have experience driving an automatic transmission car. In today's day and age, with the easy availability of automatic transmission cars, it is much easier to learn on an automatic. There are so many things to get used to when learning to drive, that trying to master a clutch and gearshift while trying to remember to stop in front ...
Jan 13, 2008
Drive less. Especially, avoid short trips. Cold starts are hard on engines, your gas mileage, and the environment. Short trips can also significantly shorten the life of your muffler. Basically, you get condensation in the exhaust when you start a cold engine, and if you don't run the car for long enough to evaporate all of the condensation out of the system, excessive amounts of ...
