Archive for the ‘Driving Habits’ Category
Monday, March 12th, 2007
First off, let me apologize for the preachy tone of this post.
We're barely two months into 2007 and not anywhere near the beginning of the summer's peak driving season, yet gas prices are up over 15% for the year and there's not a whole lot of relief in sight.
Unfortunately, if last summer ...
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Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
With the recent drop in oil and gas prices, I'm sure many of us have forgotten the good driving habits we learned when we were paying $1 more a gallon of gas. It's amazing how quickly we forget to pay attention to our gas mileage when our gas bill is cut by a ...
Posted in Common Sense, Driving Habits | 11 Comments »
Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
Have you ever wondered why it seems that you get worse gas mileage during the winter and/or that you're filling your car up more often? (Note - even if you haven't wondered this, go ahead and pretend that you did.)
Well, it's probably got a lot more to do with your ...
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Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
I know the title of this post isn't anything revolutionary or unknown, but hopefully this underscores the importance of reducing the amount of time your car is in idle.
According to Fueleconomy.gov, over 17% of your car's gas is wasted by simply being in idle. Obviously, the more you do to ...
Posted in Driving Habits, Planning Ahead | 6 Comments »
Thursday, September 7th, 2006
It's no secret that hybrid cars get better fuel economy than their "regular" counterparts. Unfortunately, chances are you probably don't own a hybrid car. Thankfully, that doesn't have to stop you from getting great gas mileage.
Below are several things you can do to help your vehicle get hybrid like fuel economy without having ...
Posted in Driving Habits, Hybrid Cars | 9 Comments »
