Today’s tip is just another one of many ways for you to easily save some money on gas without having to alter your driving habits.
Don’t forget to turn your defrost off after it has done its job.
On hot, muggy mornings, it is pretty much a necessity to throw the air on defrost to help reduce the condensation on your windshield. However, once the defrost has done its job and cleared your view, make sure to return your air settings back to normal vent.
All too often, people forget to turn their setting back from defrost to vent, which is an easy way to rob your vehicle of gas mileage. This is because the defrost setting automatically uses your car’s air conditioning, which, as you should remember, can greatly reduce your car’s fuel economy.
So, after the defrost has done its job and cleared your windshield of condensation, turn the air settings back to vent and you should see an increase of between 1% and 3% in your vehicle’s gas mileage.