Ø Get your engine tuned? Yes!!
These are some of the suggestions we hear all the time.
How about driving “SLOWER”
In a typical family sedan, every 10 miles per hour you drive over 60 is equivalent to gasoline going up about 54 cents a gallon. That figure will be even higher for less fuel-efficient vehicles that go fewer miles on a gallon to start with. This is based on a $3.25 price per gallon. The faster you drive your car, greater is the force of air. The increase in wind resistance is exponential, which means it rises much faster when you are driving between 70-80mph than 50-60mph.
Let’s do a little math: Distance = Speed X Time
If you drive 30 miles for your office commute in the morning, driving at 60mph will get you there in 30 minutes. If your drive at 75mph, you will reach your destination in 24 minutes. You save 6 minutes. What are these six minutes worth? You can figure out how much more you are paying for gas.
Your six minutes will save our precious non-renewable source of energy – GAS.
It will reduce our dependency on oil imports.
It will reduce our import bill.
It will help save our environment.
It will help you “Go GREEN”.
Remember, in 1973 due to the oil crisis, the government reduced the highway speed limit to 55mph. I think government should step in again and reduce the speed to 55mph.
Let’s talk about another value called “mpd” – What is MPD?
It reflects how many miles your car will drive for 1 dollar – miles per dollar
If your car gives 21mpg; let’s assume gas is $3.00 per gallon, this implies you are driving 7 miles per dollar. That’s how far your dollar stretches.
Think if you are driving at 70mph, your cost of driving is mind-blowing at $10 per hour in fuel.
Imagine you have a 400HP Mercedes Benz AMG, which give 12mpg, and gas is still $3 per gallon, your mpd drops to 4!