Tips On Fuel Economy

anybody out there with car and wants to improve on their fuel economy, here's a tip, for manual tranny cars.

For manual cars, you need a light foot, knows when to change gears, and make your car light and always maintain the engine periodically.

Light foot means to be easy on the throttle. To apply this, try to reach, say, from 0kmh to 20kmh in first gear, in 3 or 4 seconds. For second gear, try to reach 20kmh to 40kmh in maybe, 5 to 7 seconds.

With my Proton Wira 1.3, which is quite underpowered, I can easily reach 14.5km for every liter of petrol used. That is actually very economical. I have also read some testimonials from other people about their fuel economy, which is close if not better than mine.

For every full tank of petrol filled in, I always take the time to calculate the amount of distance traveled to the amount of fuel filled, just to get my average fuel economy. This is a good practise to do, to check your engine. Any drastic change of figure means your engine may need a check-up

Try to distribute your gears to the matching speed. First gear is between the range of 0 to 20kmh, second gear is for 20 to 40kmh. Add 20 for every subsequent gearshifts. Spend a few seconds in each gear between the gearshift. Don't step on it, unless you are really in urgency.

To make a car lighter, put away anything unnecessary from your car. For example, the engine oil bottle, the groceries, etc. The closer the car to its original weight, the better. The driver itself may need to lose some weight too, as every kilogram of weight saved will save a significant amount of fuel.

Don't compromise on the periodical service of your car. Anytime this is overlooked, it could mean more money wasted, at the expense of a smaller saving.

Thank you and good night!