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Too quick acceleration consumes too much fuel, accelerate slowly and gradually. That will save quite a
significant amount of fuel in city driving.
If you use a manual transmission car, as is mostly used by people in India, do-not drive with clutch pressed, or
use clutch only when needed, too much use of clutch will waste a lot of fuel.
This is also applicable for manual transmission cars. Use correct gears at correct speeds, this will help save the
fuel. For correct speeds, see your car’s user manual.
Get the car serviced as per manufacturer’s recommended schedule. This will ensure good health of engine,
less maintenance due to break-down.
If you drive in dusty environment the air-filter gets filled with dust and makes the engine suffocated. Clean the
air-filter more often than the service schedule( say every 5000 KM or so) , this will help the engine run
more easy and consume less fuel. Trust me, its going to really help.
If you are sure that you got to stop after next 100 or 200 meters due to a red signal, keep your feet off the
accelerator and car will slow down on engine’s resistance, saving on fuel as well as the brake shoes, apply
brakes only when about to stop. This is a great help to save that extra drop of fuel.
Get the air-pressure in tyres up to the recommended pressure, and check it once at least in 15 days, it helps
the car run smooth and drink less fuel.
When driving in a city or highway, try to maintain a constant speed, that will help the engine put less effort to
accelerate or decelerate unnecessarily. This will help reduce fuel consumption.
Buying fuel during morning hours makes sense, because the fuel is a liquid and cools during night hours as
temperature is low, and it becomes more dense, so in night hours, you get more weight of fuel for same litres,
so its like a bargain in fuel amount
This will help reduce the vapors formation in tank, which moves out as you open the lid to re-fuel, thus saving
some amount of fuel in the tank.
Remove any un-necessary luggage or stuff that you don’t need from back space, that will let the car feel light
and run easy on less fuel.
Save fuel, burn it less, save economy and environment both, for a greener and cleaner tomorrow.
Also try to follow a car pool if you are traveling to office or college, that is fun to be with some friends and it
reduces traveling boredom too