Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Guide: How to decrease fuel costs

Rising gas prices annoy the driver, and further price increases are only a matter of time. With environmentally friendly driving, deliberate tanking, a clever trip planning or a conversion to gas, the effects of recent price increases to reduce the budget. To a certain extent independent of the price spiral could make motorists when their own driving habits even take a very close look and see what can do about it.

leave through the avoidance of short-range and the pooling of tours to offset the recent price increases well be fixed, TÜV Süd. Nor can a fuel-saving training to help reduce costs at the gas station immediately by up to ten percent. Sensitive treatment using the accelerator seke also the wear on tires, brakes and clutch last longer.

Who wants to drive economically, shift up the need early, untertourig and turn off even for short stops at traffic lights down the engine and shift down and use the engine brake: TÜV-off is worthwhile to detail in modern engines have less than ten seconds. Not necessarily recommended, however, the search for the cheapest gas station is in the area.

Forecasts should be counted accurately. Who is already underway and, for example, runs two kilometers detour to save at the pump half a cent per liter, is charged even with a 60-liter filling on it 16 cents, calculated from TÜV Süd. A gasoline with an average consumption of 7.5 liters, then swallowed to pump 0.15 liters of fuel.

Equivalent at an average gasoline price of 1.50 € per liter: 23 cents. Does the bargain hunters back to the original route, and thus the two kilometers back, is again 0.15 liters of fuel and 23 cents due. The expected savings are 30 cents compared to costs of 46 cents. The negative balance at the end: 16 cents additional costs, increased risk of accidents due to the longer distance and: almost one kilogram of carbon dioxide to the environment.

should also be fueled up for environmental reasons therefore always directly at the distance and if possible with the engine is. Who is very much on the road, the conversion may represent an alternative to gas power. This can be achieved within a multi-consumption savings of up to 50 percent.

But not for every driver, it is worthwhile, because first of all, the retrofitting costs are paid. TÜV Süd these estimates to 1800 € to 3500 € and warns of low cost companies, the lure of prizes of 1000 €. Before switching to the alternative fuel should be calculated exactly and an expert should be consulted.

Even if attracting favorable gas prices, it is worth the switch not for everyone. For example, of line and have the driving enormous impact on the savings success. For example, the gas drive on highways is worth little because the consumption, unlike the gasoline at high speeds increases exponentially.

Whoever wants to save really should give up full speed drives from the outset. Even those who only runs a few thousand kilometers per year with an economical petrol engine, with fuel cheaper way. Another alternative is natural gas vehicles. Because a conversion is more expensive here than in the liquid, only new cars or at the factory with natural gas equipped cars make sense.

(Ampnet / jri)

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