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- LemurHorde, on 04/25/2008, -0/+106To sum up three important techniques.
1: Don't slam the gas pedal, slowly accelerate.
2. Time your driving so you don't have to stop at red lights. Try coasting in slowly for example so you never actually stop before the light turns green. Waiting at red lights = 0 miles per gallon.
3: Prevent excessive use of breaking and speeding up again by driving defensively and leaving a large gap between the driver in front of you (2 seconds or more). The stop-start driving caused by tailgating is much more energy wasteful.
Also check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermiling - inactive, on 04/25/2008, -14/+105I just steal gas. Pump some gas, drive away...simple as that. I'm black btw.
- Bukowsky, on 04/25/2008, -1/+73FTA - "I commute by bike most of the time now."
I wish I could ride my bike around town more, not because I want to save the environment, mainly because I want to save my wallet from emptying out... but, Houston is too spread out to ride a bike anywhere. - Shiftgood, on 04/25/2008, -2/+63^Not only good tips for saving gas... but just not being an ***** driver in general.
- Tomson74, on 04/25/2008, -2/+59Dont live in Ca.
Dont drive an SUV. - mrgreenjeans, on 04/25/2008, -0/+52It certainly isn't a bike friendly town. I've been hit by cars three times (you really do roll up the hood, just like on t.v.)
- theinept, on 04/25/2008, -3/+41Since I lost my job I've started driving like an old man and with tremendous results. Been doing it for a few months and I've seen a 15-20% increase in fuel economy with my Mazda 3. Plus I get to piss off lead-footed fools. Just like it says in the article. Coast into reds, try to time your greens, avoid slowing down whenever possible, accelerate conservatively, drive at the speed limit, etc. It becomes sort of a game or challenge and it's fun.
I'm also convinced that my conservative driving saved me from an accident recently where a driver attempting to turn left in an intersection nearly struck me as I was passing through a green. If I had been going 10-15 kph faster it would have been an accident. As it was, I was able to stop with plenty of time. - LongShlong, on 04/25/2008, -4/+39My cat's breath smells like cat food.
- EatingPie, on 04/25/2008, -4/+39I was hit by a 30mph Ford Probe. The hood acted like a cushion. Had it been a Hummer, or any other SUV, I'dve been in the hospital.
The key to cycling is to obey the laws. Do NOT run red lights... something cyclists, for some reason, think is okay. Stay in the bike lane. Use hand signals. Watch people pulling in/out or getting in/out. Those are the most important tips I can give.
Some cities are certainly better than others for cycling. San Diego is also extremely spread out, but it has great bike lanes, which helps make the experience far more enjoyable... and safer.
-Pie - Ac1dburn, on 12/02/2008, -0/+31it cost me $4.15 a gallon to fill up my tank this week, so any tips definitely help
- CSHYDRASHOK, on 04/25/2008, -2/+31I also ride a motorcycle. Started last summer on a Ninja 250 that got 70mpg. Now i ride a 600cc that gets between 45-50mpg. Its faster but i miss the 6 dollar fill ups. Now it cost me 12 dollars to fill up.
- AndyStitzer, on 04/25/2008, -2/+28You should also roll through stop signs
- LemurHorde, on 04/25/2008, -0/+24I'd consider getting a motorcycle because they are cheaper, more efficient, and easier to park, but for some reason they are invisible to people in other vehicles, I'd have to get another license and test which would involve going to the DMV (aka queue from hell) possibly more than once, and it rains fairly often in my area. Lastly, I was present at an accident where a lorry truck collided with a motorcyclist. I watched some people get him out from under the tires. If he wasn’t dead already, he was on his way out. So whoever is reading this, be especially aware around motorcyclists and give them extra space while driving, because you don’t ever want to see someone broken like that.
- louiebaur, on 04/25/2008, -2/+26I have been riding my motorcycle all the time now good thing that gets good gas mileage
- miket, on 04/25/2008, -0/+20why are you sniffing your cats ass?
- WoollyMittens, on 04/25/2008, -0/+20And receive "death by soccermom" at the next intersection.
- TheMachine1, on 04/25/2008, -2/+21A rubber hose is an Arkansas credit card.
- ian937262, on 04/25/2008, -4/+23We should adopt the 'roundabout' system like in the UK and Europe. Much more efficient than a 4 way stop sign
- mattnyc99, on 04/25/2008, -0/+17hypermiling--great word. then again so is any word with mega hyper or super attached to it...
- FukUrCouch, on 04/25/2008, -8/+25Slow the ***** down and quit bitching about gas prices! It makes no sense to own a prius and speed down the fwy at 80+ mph
- theinept, on 04/25/2008, -0/+17And at 88mph I could have gone back in time!
- SVOboy, on 04/25/2008, -3/+19I overinflate my tires.
- foomojive, on 04/25/2008, -1/+16i get yelled and/or honked at almost every day riding my bike. I live 13 miles from work and there are zero bike lanes the whole way. much of the road has no shoulder so my only option is to ride on the edge of the asphault. please have some patience with bike commuters, they're just trying to get home and obey the law. losing 2 seconds on your commute home is nothing to get worked up about.
- Bukowsky, on 04/25/2008, -5/+20Can a Prius even go that fast?
- Terasiel, on 04/25/2008, -1/+16Roll through stop signs right into the nearest police station.
- weister42, on 04/25/2008, -0/+14The HIGHEST in-city mpg I've ever achieved with my 1998 Cadillac Deville is about 16mpg, I do just about every single driving tip from these type of lists except riding the public transport, and I live in a town of 30,000 so forget mass transit.
The type of cars you own directly impacts your mpg. - FChicken, on 04/25/2008, -2/+16Or, you could spend $3,500 for a Ninja 250r, redline it at every light, and still get 60 mpg.
Motorcycle FTW :D - iamyak, on 04/25/2008, -0/+14Simple. Push your car 30 percent of the time.
- Tenlow, on 04/25/2008, -2/+16The trick is staying out of the way of cars. I hear a lot of cyclists saying "share the road" and all that crap, but they are also the people who get hit the most often because they do not understand a bicycle riding in the middle of a lane at 16mph is a hazard to a car driving at the 50mph speed limit on the road. I've been on both sides of this coin, as a driver I yell at the cyclists who don't use the bike trail/lanes and insist they have every right to use a full lane even though they're going 1/3 the speed limit. They are also the ***** who don't stop at stop signs, because they pick and choose which laws they want to follow. As a cyclist, I stay out of the way of the 2 ton metal objects moving at high speed all around me. Seriously, I do not want to get hit. Staying out of the way, like riding on the side of the road or in a bike lane or on (our town's) bike trail, goes a LONG way. I have a styrafoam lined helmet and an underarmour shirt who's armouring abilities I am beginning to doubt. They have lots of metal and airbags and seatbelts and wouldn't even notice hitting me if they had the radio up loud enough.
Do not assume you are a car. This will save you a lot of trouble.
Sorry, I got a little off topic there. Um, don't drive real fast. There, I'm relevant now. - Terasiel, on 04/25/2008, -0/+13Or as my tires taught me, they will also break apart even easier when you hit the right pothole. I literally had a tire explode. Not as awesome as it sounds.
- NonLeftistDiggr, on 04/25/2008, -0/+13Avoid stop and go traffic and as much city driving as possible
Accelerate slowly (this one makes a big difference if you're a normal lead foot)
Coast whenever possible Drive 65 and less (in the FKING right hand lanes!!!) if you can stomach it.
Keep your tires inflated, although this is really only tip for the people who wouldn't notice fire under their hood.
The top three boil down to minimizing acceleration, it takes a $hitload of energy to increase the speed, or get moving from a stop, 3000 pounds of anything . - cricket01, on 04/25/2008, -1/+13Motorcycle too. I ride a FZ1 so the mileage isn't quite as good, but beats the heck out of most cars. I use my truck only about 20% of the time now, which saves a lot of gas, and time on the freeway.
- JupiterSSJ4, on 04/25/2008, -0/+12Get all the ***** out of your trunk! Tons of extra weight = less gas mileage.
Inflate tires properly
Don't use AC
Don't drive like a race car driver, slow and steady, 55mph max. Higher really kills gas efficiency
Install a better air filter / intake like a k&n - grumpyrain, on 04/25/2008, -0/+11especially Compu-Global Hyper Meganet.
- inactive, on 04/25/2008, -5/+16If you would have been going 30-35 kph faster, you would have cleared the intersection before he got there.
- commenter01, on 04/25/2008, -1/+12Weight, weight, weight! Empty your car and trunk of useless things. Hauling that 30 pound file box around translates into a lot of gas over the year.
- inactive, on 04/25/2008, -1/+12It makes even less sense to spend $25,000 on a new vehicle in an effort to save money.
- makkaveli19, on 04/25/2008, -0/+10OMG were you cheezing!
- grumpyrain, on 04/25/2008, -1/+11Over inflating your tires does improve fuel economy, but causes excessive premature wearing along the centre of the tread. Any savings you make from over inflation will be well and truly lost by having to replace your tires twice as frequently.
- inactive, on 04/25/2008, -4/+14My cat's ass smells like cat *****.
- greenvortex, on 04/25/2008, -0/+10So true. Human capacity for self-rightousness is limitless, and nowhere is it more prevalant than on the road. Ever notice how every person who drives slower than you is an idiot, and every person who drives faster than you is an *****? Because apparently, only YOU know exactly how fast everyone should be driving.
- thisguy47, on 04/25/2008, -0/+10You're crazy! A bike on 610? I'm scared to drive on that *****.
- Chalks777, on 04/25/2008, -0/+9there were a significant number of comments on that article that contradicted its conclusion. Here are three in particular that I find enlightening:
"I'm sorry but your mileage test is invalid. You had to climb up to Phoenix by 1000 feet and you had a drop to LA by 1000 feet. That's 2000 feet of climb difference.."
"I get 27mpg driving my concorde from Columbus to Chicago, and 30mpg driving from Chicago to Columbus. Prevailing winds are the culprit."
"... This tire store has a cow when I do this [over-inflate tires] (they want 32 [PSI]). They tell me the same myth of wearing out the centers. I told them to check the wear across the tire in 4 locations...it was the same all the way across. I keep all 4 tires at sidewall max and rotate the tires every 5000 miles and I have a perfect wear pattern. ..." - darkciti2, on 04/25/2008, -0/+9Dude, if you think your car will get your pussy, you must like some dirty pussy.
- Hiji, on 04/25/2008, -3/+12Ride a bike.
- mcalica, on 04/25/2008, -2/+11are you ***** stupid? seriously...do you think people in Hawaii still live in grass huts, too? Oh wait, how am I typing on the internet, there's no electricity in Hawaii! There is CRAZY traffic on Oahu; my girlfriend spends about two hours in traffic every other day...and we have "roads"(don't know why you put quotes, but i'll copy you!) on all of the islands, so I really have no clue what you are talking about. You sir, are ignorant.
- commenter01, on 04/25/2008, -0/+8going down a hill doesn't require gas to keep the engine from stalling (at least not in theory), since the wheels are effectively turning the crank. idling (in neutral) does. in the end it probably makes no difference. however, not having the car in gear might be dangerous for various reasons, like for example brake failure.
- Ganja420, on 04/25/2008, -3/+11fly on magic carpets
- drgruney, on 04/25/2008, -0/+8Exactly... a co-worker of mine recently got rid of a car that couldn't have been more than 5 years old. Still has plenty of life ahead of it. Anyway, she purchased a Prius and started telling everyone in the office how she cares about the environment and pretty much that no one else does.
I explained to her that I'm keeping my 10 year old car out of the landfill... and that her 90% plastic car used up plenty of crude oil in production alone.
I know it's overly dramatic but in all honesty we're probably better off driving our cars until they fall apart than trading in for a new car with slightly better fuel economy. - zadadka, on 04/25/2008, -0/+8Be grateful.
In the UK, it costs me $100-$120 to fill my E300 with deisel. -
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