Improving your gas mileage day by day
MilesGallon.com - Gas Mileage Calculator
Find Out Your Real MPG and Learn How to Improve It
Miles to Gallons Calculator
Find out how many gallons of gas will be used (and the cost) when travelling
a known amount of miles.
For a successful calculation you need to enter at least the number of miles
to travel on your trip as well as the mpg of you car or vehicle. If you also
enter the gas price you expect to pay we can also give you an estimate of the
cost of the trip.
Calculate Trip Gas Usage and Cost
Find out the miles per gallon value of your vehicle
When you click calculate the amount of gas needed for your trip will be
calculated.
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How To Improve Your Gas Mileage
- Keeping the speed between 30 and 60 mph when possible lets the engine
run at the optimal rate and decreases the gas mileage.
- Avoid idling, especially if you have a large engine.
- Try not to accelerate and break all the time (even though
it's fun), driving at even speed can increase gas mileage with
as much as 30%.
- Keep your car and especially the engine in good chape and
it will use less fuel
- Obviously fixing any fuel leaks will improve your gas mileage
and prevent the ground from getting polluted.
- Check the tyre pressure regularily. Too low pressure will
decrease your fuel mileage
- If you live in en area with freezing winter weather using
an engine block heater before starting will improve fuel mileage
and decrease strain on the engine.
- Buy a more fuel efficient car, or use a motorcycle if you're
alone. Motorcycles often use only half as much fuel as a car
but that's easy to forget when it's raining.
- Diesel engines use less fuel than the equivalent gas powered engine but
may not be your ideal choice for a variety of other reasons.
- Walk or take the bike, you will get exercise at the same time. Driving
short quarter mile trips uses a lot of fuel and is hard on the engine.
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