Saving gas?

Question

i was wondering..when you are driving on the highway..do you save gas by using cruise control or does it even matter

Answer 1

Contrary to popular beliefs, CC does not always give the best mileage.  I works good on flat prairie, but uses more gas in hilly terrain by acceleration up hill to keep up the speed.  Turn it off in the hills and keep a steady gas pedal and let the car slow down going up and it will regain the speed on the other side.

try these methods of improving gas mileage.

Only use 20% or 1/4 of your gas peddle, that's all you really need. For best mileage, drive with traffic, keep up with the slow lane and don't cause a blockage. you'll get good mileage following traffic, you let off the gas alot. The biggest thing you can do is your driving style, you get twice the mileage slowing down and triple going down hill, so the sooner you let off the gas the better you will do. anticipate stop signs and lights, left off the gas as soon as you can..

Always use your od, if you don't have one, put on 2 size larger tires on the drive wheels and remember to figure a correction for mileage. you can check it against a gps to find it..

it really helps if you have a car with a mileage computer so you can watch it...

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Answer 2

drive with your eyes on the rpm.

Answer 3

it can as long as your not doing 90