What does all this add up to?

It is likely that if you had not been practicing these 12 tips and you applied them consistently, you could expect an increase in fuel economy of around 15%.

To put that into something that you may relate to better, if someone spent on average $100 per week or $5,200 per year on petrol, a 15% saving would equal a saving of $780 per year!

These savings could be used to cover a large percentage of your cars insurance cost, registration, car service, car repair or general maintenance costs.

Of course the saving could be put to use anywhere.

Enjoy your improved fuel economy.

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#12 Gear On or Roll On?

Many people coast along while driving, with the view of saving fuel which is a great idea.

The trick is to let the car coast in a high gear instead of using neutral. When a car is in coasting in neutral, the engine continues to idle and will consume more fuel.

Today, most cars will shut off the fuel supply to the engine completely if you coast in gear, saving you fuel while coasting. A great example is coasting in a high gear while going downhill.

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Gear Changing to Improve Fuel Economy

#11 Skipping Gear Changes

Compared to an automatic gearbox, manual cars already enjoy an advantage of a slightly better fuel economy.

In relation to gear changes there is a technique called block gear changing that can assist drivers of manual cars to further improve fuel consumption. It may not be easy at the start, but with practice will become earlier and second nature. This technique is commonly used by motorcyclists.

What is Block Gear Changing?

Block gear changing is where you carefully skip gears when changing up through the gears. That is you may go from 1st to 3rd to 5th, skipping 2nd and 4th gears. There is a trick to this. Make sure you don’t go too high up in the RPM range in the lower gear, or too low down in the upper gear. If you go too high in the lower gear, then excess petrol is consumed for marginal benefit. If you go too low in the higher and the engine will labour and consume more petrol.

The good news is that for newer cars with 6 and 7 speed boxes, block gear changing is much easier.

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