75 Petrol Saving Tips

May 27th, 2008 1 Comment » | POSTED BY ROB

thought this was bad

You may have noticed that I’m pretty obsessed with petrol prices and efficiency recently – so this post on 75 gas saving tips naturally caught my eye.

The interesting thing about this post is that along with the normal tips about not driving aggressively and discussion on whether air conditioning or opening windows is more fuel efficient, the article also looks at other aspects of saving petrol, such as planning your trip to take the shortest route and grouping several jobs into one trip.

I’m not sure they’ll be any use to the lorry drivers staging a protest over rising fuel prices though.

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Extreme Petrol Saving Tip: Don’t Turn Right / Money Watch, August 25th, 2008

[...] On a large scale, UPS has apparently saved a lot of petrol by doing this, so it can work – just don’t expect to see any massive increases in you MPG. This is the sort of tip that should be considered after you’ve already started doing the normal things to increase your mileage – driving sensibly, keeping tyres inflated to the correct levels, minimising weight carried in your car (here are some more petrol saving tips). [...]

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