Lead Foot Withdrawal

Everyone knows that the first and foremost trick in the hypermiler's book is a light right foot. It's simple, don't put the pedal to the metal and you will save on gas. Driving a gas-sipper helps a lot too. But what if you like the sound of a racing engine? The Soundracer V8 is the perfect car accessory for you. You can drive like a feather-footed granny, but sound like Michael Andretti!

Fuel Efficient Driving Tips from a Trucker

Truckers know how to drive fuel efficiently. The trucking industry depends on minimizing fuel costs for generation of competitive advantage. We can all learn to save on gas by picking up a tip or two from the truckers!



Think that 7 mpg is good fuel economy? Maybe when you are hauling 50 tons. Tomorrow's post has information on the Volvo FH16-700, a powerful truck with the I-shift transmission that you saw in today's video.

Five Hypermiling Techniques Demonstrated

Here are some basic hypermiling techniques you can use.



If you want to save on gas using the car you already own, make sure to read tomorrow's post as it has more in depth information on one aspect of hypermiling: coasting.

Trucking Companies Monitor Idling to Save on Gas

Idling and speeding are two gas burning activities which generate little benefit. Trucking companies have spent decades looking to reduce them. You can save on gas and money too by adopting the habits of the trucking companies ... reduce idling and avoid speeding. You won't miss them and your wallet will thank you!



If you're interested in regular cars that are just a bit more efficient make sure to read tomorrow's post. I will be putting up some information on the Chevy Cruise Eco an the Chevy Cruise RS.

Idling Burns Gas and Money

Idling burns gas and gets you nowhere. Here are some tips you can use to reduce idling time and save on gas ... and money!

30 Ways to Save on Gas

Here are 30 tips you can use to save on gas and avoid some pain at the pump.

Driving Habits to Save on Gas

Here are some tips on how you can adjust your driving habits to save on gas.

Plx Kiwi Gives Feedback to Help Save on Gas

Driving habits are a very major influence on how much gas we use. If you want to improve your fuel burn, it is a big help to be able to see the rate of fuel use in real time. Real time feedback is a great way to learn. The Scangauge is one device which can give you this feedback. The Plx Kiwi, featured in the video, is another.

Driving Tips to Save on Gas

One of the biggest factors in saving on gas is the way we drive. Here are some tips you can start using today to save on gas!

Tips for Saving on Gas

Here is another fellow who thinks oil price will just go up over the long term. Here are some of his tips for saving on gas.

Slow Down to Save on Gas

Slowing down by 10 miles per hour can reduce your fuel consumption enough to notice, and for most trips the extra time taken is negligible. For example, consider a 60 mile trip. Driving at 60 miles per hour will get you to your destination in 1 hour or 60 minutes. Speeding up to 70 miles per hour will get you there in about 51.5 minutes. You saved only 8.5 minutes, but you burned through a lot of extra gas ( and money ) to do it.

Hypermiling for Dollars and Gas

Hypermiling is the art of driving in such a way as to maximize fuel economy of the vehicle. The Golden Rule of Hypermiling is probably "Maintain Momentum". Think of your gas mileage when you are braking or idling: you are getting ZERO miles per gallon!

Learn How Truckers Save on Gas

The trucking industry needs to operate efficiently to keep profits rolling in. So as a result, they are very interested in saving on gas. Every gallon of diesel not spent is more money in the owner's pocket. Thus truckers are a great source of tips on how to get better fuel economy. The video is a mine of handy gas saving tips. Of course, they are from the point of view of the trucking industry and talk about long haul diesel tractor trailers. But the principles are often the same and can be applied to your everyday driving habits with good results.

This Hypermiling Couple Saves on a Lot of Gas

This video details the story of a married couple who has earned their place in the Guinness Book of World Records for low fuel consumption. They give out some tips as to how they do their hypermiling. Watch and learn!

Hypermiling in a Toyota Yaris

You can use as little as 2.00 GPHM (gallons per hundred miles) in a Toyota Yaris. This car is not a futuristic gas sipper and is easily available. Yet with the application of a few hypermiling techniques you can get excellent gas mileage with it.

Eight Tips for Saving Gas

Here is a Howcast rundown on eight tips for saving on gas. The title says they are "secret", but they are actually quite commonly found. Anyway, try them out and see if you can save on gas!

Fuel Economy Tips

This video gives a rundown on three of the most effective things you can do to improve your fuel economy. First and most important is your driving habits. Aggressive driving, idling, repeated slowing down and speeding up and plain old speeding will cause gas mileage to plummet. Second up is tire pressure and wheel alignment. Under inflated tires or a misalignment will generate extra friction your engine will have to spend gasoline on fighting. And lastly, maintaining your engine in good shape with tuneups will keep it in top efficiency.

Don't Charge Up Hills

Hills are very bad for fuel economy. But even worse than the cost of fighting gravity on the way up is to accelerate going uphill. If you try to speed up while climbing a hill, your fuel economy will really plummet. You might consume up to 10 times as many gallons per hundred miles while doing it. Anybody who has an instrument showing instantaneous gas mileage quickly learns not to accelerate uphill. You might be getting say 25 miles per gallon on the flat, and then when you try to accelerate up a slope, the gauge will drop to 5 miles per gallon!

The sight of that number shocks most people enough that they stop trying it. But if you do not have a gauge showing instantaneous fuel consumption, the enormous loss of efficiency is invisible. So keep the consequences in mind: do not accelerate uphill if you want to save on gas!

See 10 Seconds Ahead

Watching the road 10 seconds ahead of you gives you time to react to developing situations. This will improve your road safety as well as save on gas. Being able to avoid complete stops or having the chance to switch lanes to dodge a slowdown lets you maintain your kinetic energy. Keeping your kinetic energy means you don't have to replace it with some more gas from your tank.

This video gives a professional driver's advice as regards looking ahead. He is talking only about the safety aspect. Remember, aggressive driving is also gas guzzling driving. Generally safer driving habits are also more economical on gas.

Look Ahead

The two primary rules of the Gas Saver's Creed are "Drive Less" and "Maintain Momentum". Every time you speed up just to slow down again you are turning gasoline into kinetic energy and then into waste heat in the brakes. Maintain momentum refers to avoiding this constant creation and subsequent dissipation (into waste heat) of kinetic energy. It is all well and good as a goal, but what about some tips on how to do it?

One of the best ways to keep your speed steady is to know what it coming up. Look ahead of you. Do not just focus on the car immediately in front of you. If you watch the road ahead, you may see a car slowing for a left turn early enough to change lanes. You will know about upcoming red traffic lights and be able to slow gradually, possibly avoiding stopping altogether. Watching ahead also improves safety as you will be able to detect dangerous situations as they develop.

When you are behind the wheel, try to consciously be aware of where your gaze is. If you are spending most of your time with your eyes fixed on your instrument panel, the steering wheel or the tail end of the vehicle in front then you have a bad habit that should be corrected. It can be tough to break this habit, especially if you picked it up when learning to drive. I have noticed that beginning drivers who concentrate too much on managing their speed tend to suffer from this. They spent their formative hours looking down at the speedometer needle and not up at the road.

If you do a self diagnostic and find yourself with this bad habit, it could be that you have bad eyesight. Get your eyes tested. People who have trouble seeing objects at a distance also often display this bad driving habit. Cases where a person's eyesight slowly gets worse unnoticed are especially pernicious. Failing eyesight can cause you to look at the instrument panel or the car in front gradually, because it is easier to look there.

Periodically scan the road out to as far as you can see it and then back. Your scan pattern has to include the instrument panel, the rear view mirror and the vehicle in front of you. But the main focus of your driving eye scan pattern should be the area of the road where you will be in 5 seconds.

So look ahead, be safe and save on gas!