10 great tips to help cut fuel
Beside the rising cost of car that we owned, the second most costly is fuel. So here is list that we can use to cut fuel and by cutting fuel we decrease emissions. On their website, www.tfl.gov.uk/smarterdriving, they give us some proven tips to decrease fuel
1. Keep your tyres at the right pressure- underinflated tyres increase your fuel consumption by around 2%
2. Avoid short journeys – cold engines use twice as much fuel as warm engines, and catalytic converters take 6 miles to become effective
3. Speed up and slow down smoothly – avoiding sharp acceleration and heavy breaking reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions
4. Change gears at lower revs – to save fuel change up a gear at between 2,000 and 2,500 rpm
5. Avoid the air conditioning – it places huge demands on your engine, meaning you burn much more fuel
6. Get your car serviced regularly – it’ll help it run at optimum efficiency, helping to reduce fuel consumption
7. Empty your boot! – carrying excess loads makes your engine work harder, burning more fuel
8. Share your ride – giving a friend or colleague a lift means one less car on the roads, and someone to talk to on the way!
9. Plan your journeys – combine errands into one sensible trip to avoid unnecessary mileage and save CO2 emissions
10. Avoid leaving your engine running to warm up – idle engines use 0.5 litres per hour, the equivalent of 3.5 miles worth of fuel
2. Avoid short journeys – cold engines use twice as much fuel as warm engines, and catalytic converters take 6 miles to become effective
3. Speed up and slow down smoothly – avoiding sharp acceleration and heavy breaking reduces fuel consumption and CO2 emissions
4. Change gears at lower revs – to save fuel change up a gear at between 2,000 and 2,500 rpm
5. Avoid the air conditioning – it places huge demands on your engine, meaning you burn much more fuel
6. Get your car serviced regularly – it’ll help it run at optimum efficiency, helping to reduce fuel consumption
7. Empty your boot! – carrying excess loads makes your engine work harder, burning more fuel
8. Share your ride – giving a friend or colleague a lift means one less car on the roads, and someone to talk to on the way!
9. Plan your journeys – combine errands into one sensible trip to avoid unnecessary mileage and save CO2 emissions
10. Avoid leaving your engine running to warm up – idle engines use 0.5 litres per hour, the equivalent of 3.5 miles worth of fuel