Tips for Increasing Your Car Fuel Efficiency

By Dan Lenson

Calm Down on Your Driving

One of the first things a driver can do to improve the efficiency of the fuel is to change their driving habits. I know we all like to drive fast with lots of breaking and accelerating. But apart from the obvious danger issues that come with driving fast is also uses a lot of fuel. Try to start breaking more softly and don't leave breaking to the last second. This is especially true for long journeys.

Change Your Oil Filter

It is important that you check your oil filter on a regular basis, whenever it gets very dirty looking. They are usually quite reasonably priced, so it's a good idea to keep them replaced as soon as they looked a bit bunged up.

Oil Change

Sticking with the subject of oil, if you have an older car for example something that has more than 120,000 kms on the clock then it's a good idea to change your oil every 6,000 kms. Once your car gets into the region of 160,000 kms plus then you can add a mixture to the oil which can improve the efficiency. Some people believe these oil additives can cause problems with various parts of the engine. I haven't seen this myself but you should look into the effect of these additives on your particular engine or make of vehicle before using it.

Drive With Friends

This is often not practical but one of the greatest improvements you can make is to combine a trip with friends or family. For example if you drive to work and have a work friend that lives in the general same area or on the way to work then why not give your friend a lift to work?

You can go halves on the petrol costs which should save you a lot of money over time.

Get a Modern Car

Sometimes it is just a case of finally realizing your beloved old car is just costing you too much in fuel and decide to buy a modern and fuel efficient vehicle. When a car gets very old it usually becomes more charming but unfortunately the same cannot be said for how well it processes its fuel.

Of course getting a car which is quite new is often a large expense which puts this option out of reach for many people but it is still a very good way of being more efficient with your fuel. Maybe even try one of the new hybrids which have amazing fuel economy.

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One final point that I want to stress is of all these fuel economy tips which you can implement, changing the way you drive is something everyone can do today and it won't even cost you anything to start.

Keep that in mind when you drive your car on your next long journey.
 
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