10 ways to save fuel and money despite high gas prices:
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, gas prices have risen, on average across the country, by 49 percent over the past year. It can be downright wince-inducing to fill up, but there are ways to mitigate pain at the pump. Here are some tips to help save money in the face of rising fuel costs, and they are good practices even when gas prices are low.
According to the U.S. Department of Energy,"A large, blunt rooftop cargo box ... can reduce fuel economy by around 2% to 8% in city driving, 6% to 17% on the highway, and 10% to 25% at interstate speeds ." The DOE recommends rear-mounted cargo boxes or trays, which only reduce fuel by 1% or 2% in city driving and 1% to 5% on the highway.
5. Don't idle When your car is idling, you're burning gasoline while the car isn't moving. Back in the days of carbureted engines, people would say that idling for a a few minutes used less fuel than shutting the engine off and restarting. That's not the case with modern, fuel-injected cars, which dispense the exact amount of fuel necessary to fire the engine and are often equipped with stop-start systems.
7. Use the correct oil in your car You may have noticed that 10W-40, which was the default oil viscosity in the '80s and '90s, has given away to much thinner oils like 5W-30 or even 0W-20. Modern engines are designed with very low tolerances in their internal parts. As such, using the correct viscosity, or thickness, of oil as recommended by the carmaker is of utmost importance.
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