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Lets just be truthful to ourselves, gas prices are not coming down anytime soon if ever. And let’s face it, if you don’t own your own oil rig you are probably spending more in gas than what you spend in groceries. Fortunately for us there are a few tricks that may seem simple and pointless but in the end can be very beneficial. Some of these so called secrets include constant freeway speeds, tire pressure, lowering RPM’s, and not racing in between lights. If you follow these simple rules you will improve your gas mileage.
Does anyone know how to use cruise control? Driving down the freeway drives me crazy, constantly speeding up, slowing down. Just use your cruise control and stay the same speed. By using the cruise control and maintaining speed you actually save gas and in turn save you money. Speeding up uses more gas while slowing down uses less so if you are up and down and up again you are wasting precious fuel. This is rule number one use your cruise controls whenever possible.
Rule number two checking and maintaining the proper pressure in your tires. I know we remember what questions were on our driving test or what we had to do to get our licenses but one of the things they try to teach us is to walk around and check for possible problems with your car. Unfortunately you can’t always tell just by looking at your tires to know that the pressure isn’t right. Sometimes you can get away with that but most of the time you will have to actually check them manually. Keep the pressure up.
The third and final rule for today is keep your RPM’s down. This means no “meet the parents” racing in between lights. I know everyone wants to be the fastest but you wallet may want you to slow down. Whenever we rev up the engine sure enough it is using more gas. There is a reason that your car gets louder when you do that. Whenever driving up and down hills don’t down shift to slow your car down. Shifting down makes your engine work harder and shoots the RPM’s up which you guessed it uses your hard earned paycheck.
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