http://www.fuelly.com/tips/ Fuel-saving tips from Fuelly.com members. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:05:56 -0800 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:05:56 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.fuelly.com/tip/207/Switch-out-of-defrost-mode tag:fuelly.com/tip,2010:site.207 Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:05:56 -0800 integrator43 http://www.fuelly.com/tip/205/Consistent-Filling I filled my wife's car & it shows poorer MPG as I fill to the top of the neck, she fills to first cut off.

Re LPG - some LPG pumps fill to a greater capacity than others, this can vary your MPG figure too.
Gareth]]> tag:fuelly.com/tip,2010:site.205 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:10:46 -0800 gareth111278 http://www.fuelly.com/tip/199/Manual-Transmissions-Shift-at-lower-RPMs
Around town, I usually upshift at just above 2000 RPM; sure the engine produces less torque at lower revs, but since you're not racing around elementary schools there's no need to gun it at low speeds.

I use the rule of thumb to keep my RPMs always between 1500-2500 RPM, as I feel that's the best compromise between torque and fuel economy. Thus I'll be in fourth gear even just coasting through my neighborhood.

Note though - when you are traveling up hills, high gears will actually reduce fuel economy, as your engine has to struggle to climb the gradient with low torque. So everything I said above should apply to level grades only.]]> tag:fuelly.com/tip,2010:site.199 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:30:03 -0800 realgeneric http://www.fuelly.com/tip/198/Watch-pedestrian-coundown-clocks tag:fuelly.com/tip,2010:site.198 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:26:52 -0800 yewboup1 http://www.fuelly.com/tip/196/Accelerate-moderately tag:fuelly.com/tip,2010:site.196 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:30:07 -0800 Morgan http://www.fuelly.com/tip/189/Check-speedo-against-GPS tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.189 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:21:52 -0800 bearmeister http://www.fuelly.com/tip/177/Walk-Thru-Dont-Drive-Thru tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.177 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:44:43 -0800 DTMAce http://www.fuelly.com/tip/162/Dont-orbit-the-parking-lot tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.162 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:13:43 -0800 Roymondo http://www.fuelly.com/tip/159/Empty-the-Junk-from-the-Trunk tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.159 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:16:31 -0800 cpatch http://www.fuelly.com/tip/157/Avoid-backing-out tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.157 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:55:19 -0800 perrysan http://www.fuelly.com/tip/146/Long-Trip-First tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.146 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:51:31 -0800 alanfasick http://www.fuelly.com/tip/141/Practice-carpooling tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.141 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:54:11 -0800 domcars0 http://www.fuelly.com/tip/135/The-right-vehicle-for-each-task tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.135 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 06:04:23 -0800 tverbeek http://www.fuelly.com/tip/133/To-Coast-in-Neutral-or-Not tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.133 Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:02:10 -0800 Zahnarzt http://www.fuelly.com/tip/128/Combine-Trips tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.128 Mon, 11 May 2009 15:01:26 -0800 bowtieguy http://www.fuelly.com/tip/118/Know-Your-Route tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.118 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 13:56:45 -0800 parkave98 http://www.fuelly.com/tip/116/consider-a-diesel ]]> tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.116 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 16:46:35 -0800 coolbreeze http://www.fuelly.com/tip/112/Check-the-pressure-in-your-spare-too
]]> tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.112 Sun, 08 Feb 2009 17:03:37 -0800 bates http://www.fuelly.com/tip/110/Cruise-Control-not-always-better tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.110 Sun, 01 Feb 2009 10:01:15 -0800 soutthpaw http://www.fuelly.com/tip/107/Buy-the-proper-octane-for-your-vehicle
I am not reccomending violating your owner's manual requirements, if your owners manual says to use mid grade or high test then by all means do it, don't jeopordize your warranty to save a few cents per gallon, but if you're adding high test because you think it is better gas and your manual doesn't suggest or require it, then you should revisit this logic. ]]> tag:fuelly.com/tip,2009:site.107 Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:10:24 -0800 bates