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Avoid rapid acceleration, hard braking and frequent gear changes to save fuel
Your car loses fuel every time you accelerate or brake. It guzzles up even more when you accelerate rapidly or brake suddenly. This is because the more you push the throttle, the higher the engine RPM or in simple terms, the more stress the motor takes.
To get the most out of every litre of fuel accelerate gently, get to the highest gear as quickly as possible and then maintain a steady speed. Avoid jackrabbit or rapid starts while waiting at a red light and, of course, turn off the ignition if you’re stopping for over 20 seconds. Some studies say that keeping a light foot on the throttle can lower fuel consumption by as much as 30 percent!
Similarly, there’s no need to race to a red light and slam brakes at the last moment. Unless, you get kicks from watching the fuel gauge needle drop rapidly to empty, which we doubt anyone does. But how does braking hard burn more fuel? Let’s say you accelerated to drive 500 metres but applied the brakes suddenly at 200 metres. In this case, while you burnt enough fuel to travel 500 metres, you stopped the car at just 200 metres.
Frequent changing of gears and pressing of the clutch is another fuel sapper. Avoid keeping your foot on the clutch while waiting at red lights. Also, as aforesaid, get to the top gear as quickly as possible and shift to a lower gear only when required. Fortunately, most modern cars come with a gearshift indicator on the display, which tells drivers when to change gears, thus maximising fuel efficiency.
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M. Udai Kumar
Good keep it up. very valuable information - like to know more on maintenance
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Shashidhar
I am from City of Bangalore. It is the one of the best city for the motor user. All the people living in the city or those who entered this city knows how many humps (speed breakers) are made inside and out skirt of the city. one should analyse its role (presence and absence) in fuel efficiency of all the road vehicles, pedestrian safety (in relation with the other cities) traffic jam, night journey travelers safety and all other aspects.
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RAI
In bloody INDIAN roads. v ve 2 apply brakes more than accelerator.... bt still wn v get good roads of course vll suddenly increase our speed. n suddenly v get bad roads.... so v get very less milage in our cars,,,, and v cant maintain the same speed..... If v didnt get good milage. then its nt a prob of cars,, its prob of roads
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bhupendra
valuable information :)
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Dr. Kakani
1. Keep all electrical accessories well maintain.2. Change spark Plugs regularly as per car manuals.3. Weekly check the tyre pressure at least not under pressure.4. Keep all windows closed while on highway driving.5. To get more mileage drive behind the large vehicle keeping 20 feet distance6. Keep minimum luggage in the vehicle7.Always go for euro iv comparable vehicle.8.Change Oil every 5000 km . Castrol is best and can work for 100000km9.Select aerodynamic designed vehicle.10. Fuel should not be adulterated
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