Good Driving Tips

Keep check on your Speedometer

Racing around aggressively definitely makes your engine rev up a lot which in turn means more hard work for the engine. More hard work translates to more fuel intake. As per a study, driving aggressively wastes and lowers your fuel mileage by around 30 percent on highways and by around 10 percent inside city limits. Therefore please do ensure that you are not spending up and breaking hard.

Travel Light

Please check the boot of your car for the extra heavy baggage loaded on your car. Remove all the unnecessary baggage and travel light. Traveling light ensures that your engine does not engage in extra work. Lesser work means better fuel efficiency.

Avoid Idling the Vehicle for Long

Excessive idling of the vehicle hampers fuel efficiency. When stuck in traffic jam kindly switch off the engine.

Use Cruise Control on Highways

If your vehicle has cruise control, use it on the highway. Using cruise control on the highway helps you maintain a constant speed and in most cases, will save fuel.

Regularly check your Fuel injector, Air Filter and Oils

Kindly keep a regular check on your fuel injector, air filter and various oils used in the car. Ensure that you change them regularly and use good quality components. You can improve your fuel mileage by 1-2 percent by using the manufacture’s recommended grade of motor oil. Similarly, replacing clogged filters can increase gas mileage up to ten percent.

Keep your Tyres Inflated to a proper level

Keeping your tyres properly inflated is an important car maintenance tip. You can improve your fuel mileage by around 3.3 percent by keeping your tyres inflated to the proper pressure. Under-inflated tyres can lower fuel mileage by 0.3 percent for every 1 psi drop in pressure of all four tyres. Properly inflated tyres are safe and last longer. Please check out your car’s manual in order to know the proper tyre pressure for your car.

Shift Gears at Optimal Speed Levels

Cars are designed to start in the lowest gear possible because that s where they have the most power, but that power translates to an increase in fuel consumption. To improve your fuel economy, drive in the highest gear possible when you are cruising at a steady speed. If your vehicle has an automatic transmission with a “sport” mode, it is most likely that this is a computer program designed to shift later (and therefore keep you in a lower gear longer). While this gives you greater performance, driving in “sport” mode will also decrease your fuel economy.

On Highways, AC is a better option than rolled down Windows

Even if the air conditioner draws more power, driving at a faster speed with windows rolled up increases fuel efficiency by decreasing the drag on your vehicle.