Greener Driving
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Tips for reducing impact on the environment and keep your car running it’s best, you will conserve gas, save money, and reduce harmful emissions.
Stay Tuned: foloow the maintenance schedule and save l0 to 20% on fuel. That’s 30 cents to more than 60 cents per gallon.
Firm up soft tires: If you inflate your tires properly, they could get about 3% more miles per gallon-and be safer.
Unload: Taking out l00 pounds can improve your mileage by 2%, remove your roof rack when not using it. Your trunk is not a storage unit.
Drive efficiently: aggressive driving, quick starts, stomping the brakes, speeding can cut gas mileage by as much as 5% around town and 33% on highway…most of all it pumps up a car’s carbon emissions.
