Gas Saving Tip #2
[ June 30th, 2008 ] By: Charles Smith Posted in » Tips and Tricks
Don’t Drive Like a Douche…until the corners.
What I mean by driving like a Douche is tailgating, accelerating like a bat out of hell stoplight to stoplight (red light racers) and lots of pedal work on the road. So don’t do that. Accelerating like crazy (braking and gas) wastes energy needlessly, so if you really care about your MPG calm down with your pedals. That also means don’t do any of the neat stuff we’ve been telling you how to do like J-turns.
When you will want to drive like a douche is the corners, if you can safely not slow down for a corner then don’t. Driving for lower gas consumption is like winning a race in a low power car, it is all about preserving momentum. That doesn’t mean keep your foot planted on the accelerator through the corner!
So be nice to those pedals and dont mash them, drive around the speed limit (wind resistance increases with velocity duhhh), if you can, keep your speed up going into the corners and last of all calm down. Hopefully you can adjust the nut behind the wheel this summer and save a few bucks.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:43 am
Another benefit of driving like this.. your brakes last longer too!