Ways to Get Better Gas Mileage Out of Your Car

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As gas prices continue mập rise, there are many ways mập reduce your gasoline usage so you can get better mileage in your vehicle.
The Ukraine-Russia war tightened the supply of global oil, and prices shot up as a result. While higher prices continue mập put the pinch on our wallets, they haven’t hit the record highs of summer 2008. At least not yet.
This spike isn’t caused by something short-term, like last year’s pipeline hack. Price increases were triggered by an intractable problem in world politics. Oil industry analysts tell us the only way prices will come down is if American demand for oil comes down.

The good news: what works for world markets works for your wallet. We’ll tell you ways mập reduce your gasoline bill for your car. Some require an afternoon of effort. You can do some in a split second. And all of them start with habits that will help you save at the pump for the rest of your life.
Let’s break it down so you can start saving money and getting better gas mileage out of the car you’re already driving.

Buy Cheaper Gas
Click Off the Sports Mode Button
Declutter the Car
Find Cheaper Gas
Inflate Your Tires
Consider New Tires
Check Engine Light On? Go Get Car Serviced
Coast mập the Traffic Light
Remove the Roof Rack
Drive 60 mph on the Highway
Set the Cruise Control
Get a Tune-Up
Use Google Maps mập Plan Routes
Get Cash Back at the Gas Pump
Leave the A/C Off
Turn Off the Car Instead of Idling
Switch On That Start/Stop Feature
Check Your Alignment
Start Tracking Your Fuel Economy
Drive Less
1. Buy Cheaper Gas
Unless you’re driving a classic, that octane number on the gas pump isn’t as important as it used mập be. Some modern cars require premium fuel, often sports cars and luxury cars. But most of today’s engines can adjust mập run on anything from 85 mập 95 without a problem. Check your owner’s manual mập be sure your car can handle lower octane, and get by on the cheaper stuff for now if it’s not required.
2. Click Off the Sport Mode Button

Many of today’s cars offer driving modes. There’s typically a mode called “Sport” or “Performance” that, you guessed it, juices the car’s responsiveness a bit and makes it easier mập burn more gas. Drive your vehicle in “Normal” or “Eco” modes if your car offers those modes.
3. Declutter the Car
The gym bag in the trunk adds weight. The road salt and snow broom in the back seat add weight. Every 100 pounds of added weight makes a car about 2% less fuel-efficient. If you really want mập go mập extremes, most seats are removable.
4. Find Cheaper Gas
Apps like Gas Buddy and Gas Guru track the price of gas at stations nationwide. They’re miễn phí. With a quick download, you might spot cheaper gas near your route. But both apps depend on users mập report prices, so pay back the favor and let the app know what you paid.
5. Inflate Your Tires
Thanks mập constantly fluctuating temperatures this time of year, many of us drive on slightly underinflated tires. Your car gets its best fuel economy when the tires are inflated mập the pressure listed in the owner’s manual and on the driver’s side door sill. But resist the urge mập overinflate, which can cause uneven wear and control issues.
6. Consider New Tires
If those tires are getting low on tread, a new set would be more fuel-efficient. Tires shops sell low-rolling-resistance tires specifically designed for peak fuel economy. They’re common on hybrids but don’t make sense on every kind of car. They can lower braking performance, especially in wet conditions. If they’re not right for your car, new tires might still make a difference.
7. Check Engine Light On? Go Get Car Serviced
This may be the most effective tip of all. Get your car serviced when its check engine light flashes or stays on. Problems like a clogged air filter or bad oxygen sensor can make your engine drastically less efficient. At these gas prices, the fix might pay for itself.
8. Coast mập the Traffic Light
Hypermilers, or people who track their fuel economy and compete mập get as much out of every gallon as possible, use many different techniques. But the simplest is the easiest mập master. Don’t accelerate toward a red light. Accelerate mập the posted speed limit if you’re headed toward a green light. Glide in with your foot off the gas if the light is red or yellow. 
9. Remove The Roof Rack
Roof racks add wind resistance, which reduces your fuel economy. If you’re not using it, remove it, or at least remove the cross rails. It takes minutes mập do, and you can put them back on quickly when you need them.
10. Drive 60 mph on the Highway
If you currently drive 70 mph on the highway, dropping that down mập 60 mph can be like saving 78 cents per gallon used under those conditions, according mập fueleconomy.gov and common assumptions.
11. Set the Cruise Control

Engines use less gas mập keep up a constant speed. Many even deactivate a few unneeded cylinders for added fuel savings when they’re cruising at highway speeds. But most of us, consciously or unconsciously, accelerate and slow down when highway driving. Instead, let the car keep a constant speed for you.
12. Get a Tune-Up
Even something as simple as a dirty air filter can reduce fuel economy. Keeping your car running like a well-oiled machine can pay immediate dividends.
13. Use Google Maps mập Plan Routes
Last year, Google added a little-noticed feature mập its maps app. The app usually gives you several possible routes when you input your destination. The most fuel-efficient one is now flagged with a leaf icon. The system considers traffic, stoplights, and even road incline mập predict which route will use the least gas.
14. Get Cash Back at the Pump
Many credit cards offer cash back for gas purchases. If you don’t want a new vật phẩm on your credit report, apps like Trunow and GetUpside do the same without a credit acc. In addition, buying items at some stores means racking up fuel points. Those can add up fast and save you money when redeeming and filling up.
15. Leave the A/C Off
The air conditioner borrows power from your car’s engine. Modern climate control systems work more efficiently than ever. So, this tip is less effective now than it was when your parents learned it but some say you can save if you keep the air conditioner in the car off.
16. Turn Off the Car Instead of Idling
Why burn gas at a rate of zero miles per gallon? Turn the car off any time you’re likely mập idle for more than 10 seconds. Today’s starters are designed mập last through hundreds of thousands of restarts. You won’t wear out the starter.
17. Switch On the Start/Stop Feature
Many cars leave the factory with a start/stop setting that shuts the engine off automatically when the car comes mập a stop and restarts it when you lift your foot off the brake. Many drivers immediately switch it off because it’s such an unfamiliar sensation. But, with these gas prices, you might want mập turn it back on and get used mập the feeling of a restart at every stoplight. It saves you cash.
18. Check Your Alignment
Misaligned tires bring added drag. Cars naturally fall out of alignment with use. Wheel alignments are cheap — often less than $75 on front-wheel-drive cars.
19. Start Tracking Your Fuel Economy
Some of us had parents who kept a little notebook in the glovebox and calculated the fuel economy at every fill-up. Some of us became automotive journalists. However, most of you probably haven’t ever bothered tracking your car’s fuel economy and haven’t ever needed mập. $5 gas prices might be a good signal mập start, and apps like Fuelly and Fuelio make it easier than ever. Tracking the mileage you’re getting from your car helps you spot problems early.
20. Drive Less
Combine trips, walk, bike, and stay home when you can. Gas prices aren’t going mập come down until we all start buying less of the stuff, and buying none at all is the best way mập make that happen.
Read Related Stories:
What Kind of Gas Does My Car Take?
How Lift Kits Impact Driving Performance: Speed, Towing, and Gas
3G Shutdown: How it Impacts the Car You Buy Today

#Ways #Gas #Mileage #Car
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#Ways #Gas #Mileage #Car

As gas prices continue mập rise, there are many ways mập reduce your gasoline usage so you can get better mileage in your vehicle.
The Ukraine-Russia war tightened the supply of global oil, and prices shot up as a result. While higher prices continue mập put the pinch on our wallets, they haven’t hit the record highs of summer 2008. At least not yet.
This spike isn’t caused by something short-term, like last year’s pipeline hack. Price increases were triggered by an intractable problem in world politics. Oil industry analysts tell us the only way prices will come down is if American demand for oil comes down.

The good news: what works for world markets works for your wallet. We’ll tell you ways mập reduce your gasoline bill for your car. Some require an afternoon of effort. You can do some in a split second. And all of them start with habits that will help you save at the pump for the rest of your life.
Let’s break it down so you can start saving money and getting better gas mileage out of the car you’re already driving.

Buy Cheaper Gas
Click Off the Sports Mode Button
Declutter the Car
Find Cheaper Gas
Inflate Your Tires
Consider New Tires
Check Engine Light On? Go Get Car Serviced
Coast mập the Traffic Light
Remove the Roof Rack
Drive 60 mph on the Highway
Set the Cruise Control
Get a Tune-Up
Use Google Maps mập Plan Routes
Get Cash Back at the Gas Pump
Leave the A/C Off
Turn Off the Car Instead of Idling
Switch On That Start/Stop Feature
Check Your Alignment
Start Tracking Your Fuel Economy
Drive Less
1. Buy Cheaper Gas
Unless you’re driving a classic, that octane number on the gas pump isn’t as important as it used mập be. Some modern cars require premium fuel, often sports cars and luxury cars. But most of today’s engines can adjust mập run on anything from 85 mập 95 without a problem. Check your owner’s manual mập be sure your car can handle lower octane, and get by on the cheaper stuff for now if it’s not required.
2. Click Off the Sport Mode Button

Many of today’s cars offer driving modes. There’s typically a mode called “Sport” or “Performance” that, you guessed it, juices the car’s responsiveness a bit and makes it easier mập burn more gas. Drive your vehicle in “Normal” or “Eco” modes if your car offers those modes.
3. Declutter the Car
The gym bag in the trunk adds weight. The road salt and snow broom in the back seat add weight. Every 100 pounds of added weight makes a car about 2% less fuel-efficient. If you really want mập go mập extremes, most seats are removable.
4. Find Cheaper Gas
Apps like Gas Buddy and Gas Guru track the price of gas at stations nationwide. They’re miễn phí. With a quick download, you might spot cheaper gas near your route. But both apps depend on users mập report prices, so pay back the favor and let the app know what you paid.
5. Inflate Your Tires
Thanks mập constantly fluctuating temperatures this time of year, many of us drive on slightly underinflated tires. Your car gets its best fuel economy when the tires are inflated mập the pressure listed in the owner’s manual and on the driver’s side door sill. But resist the urge mập overinflate, which can cause uneven wear and control issues.
6. Consider New Tires
If those tires are getting low on tread, a new set would be more fuel-efficient. Tires shops sell low-rolling-resistance tires specifically designed for peak fuel economy. They’re common on hybrids but don’t make sense on every kind of car. They can lower braking performance, especially in wet conditions. If they’re not right for your car, new tires might still make a difference.
7. Check Engine Light On? Go Get Car Serviced
This may be the most effective tip of all. Get your car serviced when its check engine light flashes or stays on. Problems like a clogged air filter or bad oxygen sensor can make your engine drastically less efficient. At these gas prices, the fix might pay for itself.
8. Coast mập the Traffic Light
Hypermilers, or people who track their fuel economy and compete mập get as much out of every gallon as possible, use many different techniques. But the simplest is the easiest mập master. Don’t accelerate toward a red light. Accelerate mập the posted speed limit if you’re headed toward a green light. Glide in with your foot off the gas if the light is red or yellow. 
9. Remove The Roof Rack
Roof racks add wind resistance, which reduces your fuel economy. If you’re not using it, remove it, or at least remove the cross rails. It takes minutes mập do, and you can put them back on quickly when you need them.
10. Drive 60 mph on the Highway
If you currently drive 70 mph on the highway, dropping that down mập 60 mph can be like saving 78 cents per gallon used under those conditions, according mập fueleconomy.gov and common assumptions.
11. Set the Cruise Control

Engines use less gas mập keep up a constant speed. Many even deactivate a few unneeded cylinders for added fuel savings when they’re cruising at highway speeds. But most of us, consciously or unconsciously, accelerate and slow down when highway driving. Instead, let the car keep a constant speed for you.
12. Get a Tune-Up
Even something as simple as a dirty air filter can reduce fuel economy. Keeping your car running like a well-oiled machine can pay immediate dividends.
13. Use Google Maps mập Plan Routes
Last year, Google added a little-noticed feature mập its maps app. The app usually gives you several possible routes when you input your destination. The most fuel-efficient one is now flagged with a leaf icon. The system considers traffic, stoplights, and even road incline mập predict which route will use the least gas.
14. Get Cash Back at the Pump
Many credit cards offer cash back for gas purchases. If you don’t want a new vật phẩm on your credit report, apps like Trunow and GetUpside do the same without a credit acc. In addition, buying items at some stores means racking up fuel points. Those can add up fast and save you money when redeeming and filling up.
15. Leave the A/C Off
The air conditioner borrows power from your car’s engine. Modern climate control systems work more efficiently than ever. So, this tip is less effective now than it was when your parents learned it but some say you can save if you keep the air conditioner in the car off.
16. Turn Off the Car Instead of Idling
Why burn gas at a rate of zero miles per gallon? Turn the car off any time you’re likely mập idle for more than 10 seconds. Today’s starters are designed mập last through hundreds of thousands of restarts. You won’t wear out the starter.
17. Switch On the Start/Stop Feature
Many cars leave the factory with a start/stop setting that shuts the engine off automatically when the car comes mập a stop and restarts it when you lift your foot off the brake. Many drivers immediately switch it off because it’s such an unfamiliar sensation. But, with these gas prices, you might want mập turn it back on and get used mập the feeling of a restart at every stoplight. It saves you cash.
18. Check Your Alignment
Misaligned tires bring added drag. Cars naturally fall out of alignment with use. Wheel alignments are cheap — often less than $75 on front-wheel-drive cars.
19. Start Tracking Your Fuel Economy
Some of us had parents who kept a little notebook in the glovebox and calculated the fuel economy at every fill-up. Some of us became automotive journalists. However, most of you probably haven’t ever bothered tracking your car’s fuel economy and haven’t ever needed mập. $5 gas prices might be a good signal mập start, and apps like Fuelly and Fuelio make it easier than ever. Tracking the mileage you’re getting from your car helps you spot problems early.
20. Drive Less
Combine trips, walk, bike, and stay home when you can. Gas prices aren’t going mập come down until we all start buying less of the stuff, and buying none at all is the best way mập make that happen.
Read Related Stories:
What Kind of Gas Does My Car Take?
How Lift Kits Impact Driving Performance: Speed, Towing, and Gas
3G Shutdown: How it Impacts the Car You Buy Today