How about SAVING on FUEL TODAY $$$$

How about SAVING on FUEL

• Many drivers use fuel economy as major criteria when choosing a motor vehicle। Whether you drive an old or new car, you can increase the energy efficiency of your vehicle by performing routine maintenance and adopting good driving habits।

• Avoid aggressive driving. Speeding, rapid acceleration and braking wastes gasoline. It can lower your gas mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. Sensible driving is also safer for you and others, so you may save more than gas money.
• Observe the Speed Limit. While each vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed (or range of speeds), gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph. As a rule of thumb, you can assume that each 5 mph you drive over 60 mph is like paying an additional $0.21 per gallon for gas.
• Remove Excess Weight. Avoid keeping unnecessary items in your vehicle, especially heavy ones. An extra 100 pounds in your vehicle could reduce your MPG by up to 2%. The reduction is based on the percentage of extra weight relative to the vehicle's weight and affects smaller vehicles more than larger ones.
• Avoid Excessive Idling. Idling gets 0 miles per gallon. Cars with larger engines typically waste more gas at idle than do cars with smaller engines.
• Use Cruise Control. Using cruise control on the highway helps you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, will save gas.
• Use Overdrive Gears. When you use overdrive gearing, your car's engine speed goes down. This saves gas and reduces engine wear.
• Keep tires properly inflated. You can improve your gas mileage by around 3.3 percent by keeping your tires inflated to the proper pressure. Under-inflated tires can lower gas mileage by 0.4 percent for every 1 psi drop in pressure of all four tires. Properly inflated tires are safer and last longer.
• Use the Recommended Grade of Motor Oil. You can improve your gas mileage by 1-2 percent by using the manufacturer's recommended grade of motor oil. For example, using 10W-30 motor oil in an engine designed to use 5W-30 can lower your gas mileage by 1-2 percent. Using 5W-30 in an engine designed for 5W-20 can lower your gas mileage by 1-1.5 percent. Also, look for motor oil that says "Energy Conserving" on the API performance symbol to be sure it contains friction-reducing additives.
Source: U.S. Department of Energy, http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

Please go to FuelEconomy.gov and Chart your actual MPG on more than one car
and print out a report.

Compare it to your EPA Est. MPG and what you are really getting these days.

Hank
RoRClubSave.com

PS: Get out of the car and walk in the BANK, Drive Thru ETC and feel better and SAVE tons of Emissions and Fuel. Walking can be FUN, instead of setting in back of all those fumes.