Increased Mileage

Check Your Tire Pressure

This is often over looked or put often since it is inconvenient. Under inflated tires are not only a driving hazard, but they burn more gas. Keeping your tires properly inflated is an easy way to improve your gas mileage. Look in your owners’ manual and see what the recommended tire pressures are. Add two pounds to that number. This will keep the tires properly inflated when the tires are operating in cooler weather and road conditions.

Clean Out Your Trunk and Back Seat

Remove excess weight from trunk and inside of the car. The extra weight you are carrying for various reasons is just reducing your gas mileage, especially when driving up inclines. Cleaning out will come back to you as extra miles per tank full. An extra 100 pounds in your trunk reduces gasoline economy by about 1 percent.

Turn Off The Air Conditioner

A/C takes about 8 horsepower to run and that uses more gas. At low speeds and stop and go traffic, it costs less to drive with the windows down, but on the highway, using an air conditioner is cheaper. On a long trip on the open highway, it is better to use the A/C than to drive with the windows open. The extra drag of open windows on a vehicle can eat up more gasoline than the A/C. Air conditioning is a super drain on your engine’s efficiency, so turn it off when you can. If you’re within few minutes of your destination, turn off the air conditioner but let the fan continue to circulate the cold air in the car.