Few Random Gas Saving Tips

With fuel prices growing all over the country, this topic becomes hot in US, too. Finally Americans joined the rest of the planet in a craving for getting best gas mileage. Here are some tips from the former car engine designer that may help your wallet a tad.

- Try and keep things in perspective. Keep in mind that your purpose is to use not as much of cash overall. Using $900 for a tune-up with likely economy of $1 per tank is not rational. This is not to say you shouldn't do a tune-up at all. If time comes, by all means do it. Regular tune-ups are significant to your vehicle wellness, including its gas mileage. But from gasoline saving outlook you need to use the least expensive (free ideally) measures that offer you top savings.

- Keep your tires properly inflated. Check the tire pressure every now and then. Most modern vehicles have a tag that shows correct tire pressure, owner's manual has this data, too. Some people recommend inflating tires up to the maximum pressure shown on the tire wall. If you do this, you will get higher thread wear in the middle of a tire on most vehicles, and you'll have to change tires early. I don't think the marginal gas mileage improvement because of a higher tire pressure is enough to offset additional cost of premature tires replacement.

 - Plan your route to keep away from traffic jams. You can't keep away from excessive idling, braking and acceleration while in a traffic jam, so jams are to blame for a big hunk of fuel consumed. You know how to keep away from jams if you learn traffic patterns in your area and use them to your benefit.

 - Remove your bicycle or ski rack when you don't need it. It's not only weight that affects your gas mileage; it's windage mostly.

 - Don't stump on gas pedal. Speeding up takes lots of fuel. The slower you speed up, the better your gas mileage is. On the other hand, if you speed up too slowly, drivers following you will get mad at you. Everybody keeps his own balance on this.

 - If you have several vehicles, use the most fuel efficient for daily driving.

All those tips will not turn your gas guzzler into a 40 MPG compact car, but they are guaranteed to give you a noticeable improvement.