I now do "California stops" to save gas. How about you?

Question

I now do "California stops" to save gas. How about you?

Answer 1

I do that all the time. Thats how we drive over here.

Answer 2

Won't be saving you anything when you get a ticket, and your insurance goes up.  Good luck though.

Answer 3

Tell it to the judge. You are correct in your fuel saving theory however. The more momentum you have the better.

Answer 4

stop means STOP, dummy

Answer 5

Not only does it save gas, but it reduces wear on the brakes, clutch, and transmission. Reflecting on the last few years, I'm not sure that I have ever stopped my car.

Answer 6

And if you get a ticket for failure to stop, it will wipe out any gas savings you were hoping for, not to mention a hit on your car insurance rates.

Answer 7

Never heard of it.

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Forget all those "SAVE GAS" scams.  This was on NBC morning TV show.   The difference is as much as 38% (their claim).  There are very simple rules to save gas:

(1) drive slow - not too much past 55

(2) accelerate slowly

(3) don't brake unnecessarily

(4) use cruise control - whenever it is safe to do so.

Don't coast - it is NOT safe (to coast in Nuetral) and it does NOT save gas.  It only saves gas, if you are planning to slow down (exiting, tolls, traffic).  Coasting then accelerating again is LESS efficient than just cruising.

The above really works. Using those simple rules I was able to drive from Boston to NYC (210.5 miles) on just 5.112 gallon (94 Civic).  That's 41 MPG (94 Civic 187K miles).  Actually I was speeding at 72 MPH so I could do even better at 55.

WOW !!

GoodLuck...