10 ways to cut down on fuel costs
A huge marketing campaign started across Europe today with the goal to save fuel, money and the environment.
Over 40 oil companies, 45 000 gas stations and 29 countries are taking part.
Here are 10 things the marketing campaign is recommending people to do.
- Service your car and check the oil level regularly
- Check tire pressure once a month
- Take everything that you don’t need out of the trunk and from your back seat.
- Close your car windows when you are driving fast
- Only use the air conditioner when it’s absolutely necessary
- Start driving soon after starting the engine and stop the motor if the car is not driving for more than 1 minute.
- Drive with a reasonable speed and smoothly
- When accelerating shift to a faster car as soon as possible (Most cars in Europe use the “stick”)
- Try to sense what is going to happen in the traffic before it happens
- Share your car with others.
If you ask me, these recommendations are quite simple and can even seem somewhat stupid to a person who knows a little about saving gas.
I have a feeling that Europe needs this campaign badly - the average gas price is about 8 to 9 dollars per gallon.
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I don’t get number 9, in relation to MPG anyway.
But I think I read something similar somewhere… hmm?
I think that number 9 basically means that when you know that the next traffic light will have a red light, then there is no point of accelerating and then stopping in order to start again.
Changed the wording of number 9 - hopefully it will be more understandable this way
this article is really useful for Indian car owner now days being the petrol cost rising day by day such small precautions can do a lot of difference to your monthly fuel expenses
Yeah, these tips can be beneficial for Indian car drivers to save some money and also for all car drivers around the world!
That is if you don’t live in Venezuela - the gas prices over there are about 19 US cents a gallon or 5 cents per liter
U kidding me mate 5 cents per liter we Indian cant even dream of that price
in India its more then a $1 and they say there gonna be 4/5 INR price hike by next month
The prices in Venezuela are so cheap because they have a lot of oil that they are selling to other countries and they figured that they can let their own people have the gas cheaper than it actually costs. It’s called subsidising.
And if Wikipedia is correct then India is also paying a little bit to keep the gas prices a bit lower for the people!
Dude! Gas is $4.00 a gallon here in the U.S.
If you take into account how much an average Indian person makes vs a person in the US, the gas is probably more expensive in India. Relatively speaking I bet that an Indian spends a bigger % of his income on gas than a person in the US.
you’ll should thank GOD for $4.00 a gallon of gas, I live in The Bahamas- Nassau, i spend $5.79 and the cheapest is $5.69, and it’s going up in the next two weeks.
you’ll Americans are soooooooooo ungrateful.
stop being gready.
you’ll don’t want to go in other country to buy Gas/Oil cause you’ll dont want to help their country!
now if The Bahamas go and get Gas/Oil from another country rather then the USA you’ll will put us on your “”so called BLACK LIST”"! you’ll are “”selfish”"