Money Saving Motoring Tips

With rising petrol prices and other expenses, running a car can be a huge burden to your wallet. Take heart, there are some things you can do to to make your vehicle more fuel efficient.

1. Service your car regularly. This can have a tremendous effect on your fuel efficiency. In fact, a poor tuned vehicle can burn as much as 30% more petrol.

2. Don't idle the engine unless it is totaly neccessary. The car your parents used to own may have required warming up in the morning, but modern cars don't. Also, turn your car off when waiting outside a friend's house to pick them up.

3. Sticking to the speed limit can also mean a considerable saving in fuel. A speed reduction of 20mph can save upto 15%. Try to drive the car smoothly and use cruise control whenever possible.

4. Properly inflated tyres are important to keeping keeping you car fuel efficient. Make sure they are kept aligned too, which also helps your car handle better.

5. If you have a number of errends to run in your vehicle, try and doing them all in one trip, and if you can try and avoid going out at peak traffic times. Doing this will ensure that your car engine isn't idleing uneccessarily.

6. Car pooling is a really good method of conserving fuel. Perhaps you can share the driving with a work collegue when driving to you place of work. Or share the responsibility of picking up the kids from school or clubs with the other parents.

About The Author:

Robert C. Beiro has accumulated many more car articles like buying a fuel efficient car. He is also the author of many more motoring articles at OldboyArticles.com.

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