http://www.motoristangpinoy.com The Adventure of the (Honda XRM) Filipino Motorcyclist... Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:54:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.motoristangpinoy.com/driving-tips-and-lessons/efficient-driving-tips/ http://www.motoristangpinoy.com/driving-tips-and-lessons/efficient-driving-tips/#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:26:27 +0000 SELaplana http://www.motoristangpinoy.com/?p=266 Below are the tips on how to save money while using your car and eventually avoid accident caused by your car’s problem:

1. Tune up engine regularly. Whether your engine is using gasoline or diesel, you need to tune up your car’s engine regularly. Don’t follow what other car owners do where in they only tune up their car’s engine when they have a long trip. Remember that tuning your car’s engine regularly will help you save money.
2. Don’t run your car’s engine in normal idling speed in a longer time. Warming up your car’s engine could be done in just a short period of time, maybe from 2 minutes to 4 minutes. Then after that just stop the engine while waiting for the time when you will ride the car.
3. Run your car on fuel efficient speed. Most of the fuel efficient speed of the car is in between 75 to 90 KPH. So, make use of this feature except of course if you’re in village, town or cities. But if you’re running in highways, then why not run your car at 75 to 90 KPH?
4. Maintain you car regularly. Follow the regular preventive maintenance program. These actually depends on the car. But most of the cars should be sent to valid mechanics for check up, change oil and other maintenance procedure every 5,000 kilometer run or ever 3 months. Poorly maintained car used up 25% more fuel compared to those well maintained cars.
5. If you’re driving in cities with heavy traffic. Learn how the right timing in your route to avoid being caught up in traffic and prepare for possible alternative route.
6. Keep your car speed at steady. Breaking and speeding up costs more fuel. However, anticipating the stops or when to slow down.
7. Master when to shift higher gear without giving more stress to your car’s engine.
8. Fill fuel tank early morning. A liter of fuel filled in early morning contains more fuel than air compared to filling fuel at noon when the temperature is hot.
9. Keep your fuel cap tight. This is to avoid spilling fuel. When filling the tank, don’t overfill it.
10. Avoid rapid acceleration. Gradual acceleration can save more fuel than rapid acceleration.

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