How do you save gas?

Question

What kind of tricks do you do that save on gas?

Answer 1

Small bolt on work wonders.  A Cold Air Intake from AEM will save gas.  A chip in the ECU will help.  An Exhaust helps.  Anything that will help the engine breath better will help.  Everything the last person said works too, this will just make it better.  Also, keeping your car/truck in good working order will save a ton.  Make sure tune ups are done at there respected intervals.

About Honda's.  Any older honda will get great gas mileage.  I had a 91 Honda CRX with 200k and i was getting 35 miles to the gallon.  Must remeber, i had the preformce model and my foot was never out of the gas.  The HF version of the car got over 60 MPG and thats better then a prius which only gets 45 MPG.

Answer 2

cut some holes on the floor and break out the flinstones

Answer 3

Higher air pressure saves gas, whatever is recommended. dont let it go lower. Turn off car at stop lights, or whenever the car is not moving. If you know how to drift behind trucks in neutral, you can do that as well. If you get good enough at that you can actually turn the car off. Not saying any of this is easy, but it works.

Answer 4

DON'T DRIVE AT ALL

Answer 5

I take a few friends along with me, turn off the car, and have them push it for the last 3-4 miles of the trip.

Answer 6

Minimize idling when stopped

If you're going to be stopped for more than a few seconds, shift to neutral and shut off your engine. This is one of the main reasons hybrid vehicles get such good fuel economy in urban driving.

Caveat 1: this assumes your vehicle is in good tune and will re-start immediately, every time.

Caveat 2: if you're a defensive driver, you're habitually evaluating the risk of a rear crash when slowing and when stopped. Obviously you will want to leave your engine on in those circumstances (for a quick rear crash avoidance manoeuver).

Traffic light timing - stale 'green', no pedestrian signal

In the absense of any other indication about how stale the light is (eg. if there's no pedestrian signal or waiting cross traffic), assume that the green light ahead is about to change. Adjust your approach speed accordingly (IF traffic permits - ie. you don't hold anyone up) to avoid a full-on brake application should the light change.

Combine errands

Avoid very short trips. If you have multiple stops, plan them to do all on the same trip. Fuel economy is enhanced once the engine is warmed up, so a longer "chain" of errands will result in better fuel economy than multiple short ones, particularly in cold weather.

Traffic light timing - red lights with sensors

When approaching a red light, slow down early if there's a car in front of you that can trip the sensor so you may not have to come to a complete stop.

CleanMPG.com cleverly nicnamed this technique "rabbit timing"

Traffic light timing - 'stale' green

When approaching an intersection with a green light you can watch the pedestrian signal crossing light to help determine when it will turn yellow.

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Gas prices hurting your wallet?

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Answer 7

My place of employment obtains petrol from the Government

at rate of $4.50 a gallon, up from $2.50 last week, and has

just bought me 2008 Ford three-quarter ton truck;  it is in a

fab' shop to add custom flatbed.  My trick has been to ask

and recieve consideration on how I can complete assigned duties.  I know deep pockets.

Answer 8

Forget all those "SAVE GAS" scams.  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 and it does NOT save gas.

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).

WOW !!

Good Luck...

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P.S. The above assume you have done the basics (tune up, PROPER tire pressure, clean out the trunk of extra weight, conserve, plan you drive, car pool).  

When it come to tire pressure, the key word is PROPER.  Extra pressure will make the tires wear out early and that doesn't save money.

Answer 9

I usually go the speed limit and try to never go above 65 MPH.  I read online that if you go 65MPH instead of 55MPH, you are using about 11% more gas.  What a waste!!

Answer 10

I haven't changed a thing. I never was much of a driver.

I was under tyranny when I lived under my mom's iron fist.

As soon as I moved out I found myself sitting on the floor in my living room, like, "Where do I go?" or maybe I was subconsciously waiting for someone to PERMIT me to explore the outside world.

It all plays to my advantage now. I stay home and go to work as I always have, and a full tank lasts me 2 and a half weeks.

You used to be able to save money if you would hold off on filling up, since prices used to fluctuate, but they're only going up now, so fill up when you can. I filled up and it was about $4.10 a week ago. I see that that has increased by like $0.30. This country is a joke.

Answer 11

If I need to run to get groceries, or haul the family around, I'll take the my little SUV (23mpg) or my wife's minivan (20mpg). However, I refuse to pay $4/gal just to commute to work.  I'm a work-a-holic, so that usually means I rack up around 30-50 miles per day, 6-7 days per week.

I use my 100mpg scooter when I'm really desperate to save, and p**s off the people behind me.  Lately, though, I've converted my dirtbike to street legal.  It gets around 60-70 mpg.

Answer 12

make sure your tires have air.

Answer 13

Don't drive anymore and take the train.