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How to increase gas mileage

by Allison Goines

Good Monday Morning to you! Did you notice the gas prices this weekend. Ugh! They are up, up, up again. Suggesting that my readers buy more efficient cars is silly because many of you are frugal out of necessity and a new car is not in the works right now. Of course, using a bicycle, walking and even public transportation can help your budget. Do those things if you can. I know first hand that sometimes it’s simply not possible to use anything other than a car.

I live 7 miles in one direction from my oldest son’s school and 11 miles in the other direction from my younger sons’ preschool. The grocery store is 11 miles away. While I have two different road options, one is the interstate (high speeds, low gas mileage) and the other is a “through town” route with many starts and stops. So neither route is particularly gas mileage friendly.

Here are some tips for helping gasoline to take you further:

Use cruise control if possible for highway driving.
Drive slowly and gently. Don’t make fast starts or stops. Driving over 60 mph reduces fuel efficiency.
Keep your tires properly inflated and your engine tuned.
Skip the additives that claim to boost your fuel economy. Most don’t really make a significant difference.

This time of year the following issue is, well, a non-issue, but what’s the story on driving with the windows down vs. using the air conditioner? Here is a great article about that debate! It seems that it really depends on fast you are going to be driving. This time of year we are more concerned about how long our cars are idling to warm up, though, aren’t we?
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