Gas Saving Tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gas Saving Tips!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please add to these if you can! I'm dying here!
1. Wait until the gas light comes on to fill up, and then add no more than 2-3 gallons of gas. Sure you fill more often, but you're saving over 50lbs of weight.
2. if you come to a light you know will last more than a minute, shut off your car. Just know when its your turn to start it back up again.
3. Avoid full throttle starts. Ease on the gas, try not to get past 4k rpms on average.
4. Never use the AC, close windows on the freeway, try not to use the fan or radio if possible.
5. use fp60 fuel cleaner.
6. inflate tires to 32 psi. The small amount of tire wear will be worth the extra mileage.
7. Don't turn corners too fast.
8. make sure air filter is clean, and plugs are good. Clean throttle body if dirty.
9. the shortest route may not always be best. If it has 10 traffic lights or stop signs, and a longer road doesn't have any, the longer road will save gas.
10. try to go 55mph on the freeway if at all possible.
11. when approaching a red light or stop, conserve momentum. Don't keep your foot on the gas the whole way, but try and coast your way there.
12. Get gas when its colder outside, mornings and evenings.
13. keep excess weight out of the car. remove the spare if you don't need it. Avoid carrying other passengers, unless you carpool and split the gas.
1. Wait until the gas light comes on to fill up, and then add no more than 2-3 gallons of gas. Sure you fill more often, but you're saving over 50lbs of weight.
2. if you come to a light you know will last more than a minute, shut off your car. Just know when its your turn to start it back up again.
3. Avoid full throttle starts. Ease on the gas, try not to get past 4k rpms on average.
4. Never use the AC, close windows on the freeway, try not to use the fan or radio if possible.
5. use fp60 fuel cleaner.
6. inflate tires to 32 psi. The small amount of tire wear will be worth the extra mileage.
7. Don't turn corners too fast.
8. make sure air filter is clean, and plugs are good. Clean throttle body if dirty.
9. the shortest route may not always be best. If it has 10 traffic lights or stop signs, and a longer road doesn't have any, the longer road will save gas.
10. try to go 55mph on the freeway if at all possible.
11. when approaching a red light or stop, conserve momentum. Don't keep your foot on the gas the whole way, but try and coast your way there.
12. Get gas when its colder outside, mornings and evenings.
13. keep excess weight out of the car. remove the spare if you don't need it. Avoid carrying other passengers, unless you carpool and split the gas.
1. if u wait til ur gas light comes on, u risk messing up ur fuel system n engine...
2. if u turn off ur car and start it when the light comes back on, out of reaction you could start the car and shift the car into drive immediately after, adding more stress to ur engine...and plus starting and shutting off ur car that many times could hurt as well...
2. if u turn off ur car and start it when the light comes back on, out of reaction you could start the car and shift the car into drive immediately after, adding more stress to ur engine...and plus starting and shutting off ur car that many times could hurt as well...
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Originally Posted by aki
Starting the car uses significantly more gasoline than your car staying at idle. Better off not shutting down the engine unless you have to stop for a really long time, like 10+ min.
Carpool if you can!
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when on the interstate or highway and you have to turn off and theres a light i usually leave car out of gear and turn engine off and coast for that last mile of interstate slowly slowing down. then wait at the stoplight for as long as possible to turn car back on.
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Rep Power: 281 If you follow theese tips - you can think that you drive Toyota Prius.
Make sure you will buy appropriate emblems that say toyota prius. :0
Personaly I reraly revv past 2.5k, except when on hwy or need to accelerate faster...
That saves me fuel, I get about 7.5L per each 100km on turbo d17
Make sure you will buy appropriate emblems that say toyota prius. :0
Personaly I reraly revv past 2.5k, except when on hwy or need to accelerate faster...
That saves me fuel, I get about 7.5L per each 100km on turbo d17
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Best tip: Plan all your trips ahead so you can do ONE run in a circle instead of several seperate trips. I do this on a regular basis. It really helps.
Best tip: Plan all your trips ahead so you can do ONE run in a circle instead of several seperate trips. I do this on a regular basis. It really helps.
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Originally Posted by xxnoshelterxx
engine brake as you come to a light, it uses no gas.
Hummm..... gasoline engines don't have engine brakes
Only diesel engines can engine brak (Jake brake) that is where a valve constricts the exhuast so that not much fresh air can get into the cylinder, hence less gas is needed. This does NOT work on gasoline enigines
And if you are just down shifting that raises the RPMsa and wares your clutch faster, so cost you more money in 2 ways.
Also, how can turning slowly save gas, I would think it would take more gas to go from 10 MPH in turn back up to 50 MPH, rather than turning at say 25MPH and going up to 50 MPH. In one case you have to acclerate 40 MPH more and the other 25 MPG more, it would seem to me the 25MPH increase would eat less gas. IDk
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Rep Power: 336 1. tire pressure i stick to 30 to 32 also
2. no air
3. windows create drag after lets say 50 or 60mph
4. if you wait till the gas light comes on your engine will not mess up(thats freakin stupid)
it just means you have 30 miles left to fuel up.
5.when your car has more gas in the tank it uses less of it than when there is less. but when the tank is more full then its heavier. so i keep at half alot.
6. its proven when you wait a minute with motor on it uses more gas than if you kill it and start it up again.
7. DON'T REDLINE
8. shifting, honda says optimal range of fuel efficiency is from 2k to 3250 rpms. so shift at 3k. after 5th if your real **** about it don't go past 60. i go 80 at 3800 rpms. still get 40+ mpg
9.having a manual tranny helps
10. coasting is your friend
11. do not downshift for ****
12. 1st gear is least efficient with gas. don't stay in first if you don't have to.
13. combine trips like tinman said
14. don't use premium unless your boosted and have to-(i got 20mpg at premium and 40+ and regular)
15. quit buying mods. use the money to buy gas.
16. quit buying ho's, find your gf and do her instead for free
17. quit spoilin the bitch, no more dinners till the crisis goes away. lol
if i missed anything sorry. hope that helps
o by the way, GET A HONDA
2. no air
3. windows create drag after lets say 50 or 60mph
4. if you wait till the gas light comes on your engine will not mess up(thats freakin stupid)
it just means you have 30 miles left to fuel up.
5.when your car has more gas in the tank it uses less of it than when there is less. but when the tank is more full then its heavier. so i keep at half alot.
6. its proven when you wait a minute with motor on it uses more gas than if you kill it and start it up again.
7. DON'T REDLINE
8. shifting, honda says optimal range of fuel efficiency is from 2k to 3250 rpms. so shift at 3k. after 5th if your real **** about it don't go past 60. i go 80 at 3800 rpms. still get 40+ mpg
9.having a manual tranny helps
10. coasting is your friend
11. do not downshift for ****
12. 1st gear is least efficient with gas. don't stay in first if you don't have to.
13. combine trips like tinman said
14. don't use premium unless your boosted and have to-(i got 20mpg at premium and 40+ and regular)
15. quit buying mods. use the money to buy gas.
16. quit buying ho's, find your gf and do her instead for free
17. quit spoilin the bitch, no more dinners till the crisis goes away. lol
if i missed anything sorry. hope that helps
o by the way, GET A HONDA
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Originally Posted by MajinB
4. if you wait till the gas light comes on your engine will not mess up(thats freakin stupid)
it just means you have 30 miles left to fuel up.
it just means you have 30 miles left to fuel up.
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Rep Power: 336 maybe in an old 5.0 stang, but not in a civic that gets 30+ mpg. if you run out yeah you get screw something up, im not denying that, but saying if the light comes on its the end of the world is crap.
