Appendice 5 12 Simple Tips to Reduce the Consumption of Gasoline and save you money from CFA* street light
1. Check Your Air Filter: A clean air filter by itself can improve mileage as much as 10%.

2. Straighten out: Have your alignment checked. Not only does poor alignment cause your tires to wear out faster and result in poor handling; but also your engine has to work harder which reduces your fuel efficiency by 10%.

3. Tune Up: A properly tuned engine can improve mileage by 4%, that’s the equivalent of 10 cents per gallon. **

4. Pump ‘em Up: Make sure your tires are properly inflated. This could save you the equivalent of 7 cents a gallon.

5. Check your Cap: A broken or missing gas cap hurts your mileages and harms the environment by allowing gas vapors to vaporize.

6. Lose Weight: For every 100 pounds you carry around in your trunk you lose 1 to 2% in fuel efficiency.

7. Don’t Speed: For every 5 mph you reduce your highway speed you can reduce your fuel consumption by 7% or 17 cents per gallon.

8. Drive Smoother: The smoother you accelerate and decelerate, the better your mileage. A smooth foot can save you 33% on the highway and 5% around town.

9. Foot Off: Don’t ride with your foot on the brake—it wears out your brakes and can cost you 7 miles per gallon.

10. Don’t Idle: An idling car gets 0 miles per gallon. If you are stopped and waiting for more than 30 seconds and not in traffic turn off your engine.

11. Combo: Combine your trips. Short trips can be expensive because they involve a “cold” engine. A cold vehicle gets 30-40% of the mileage it gets at full efficiency.

12. Be a Regular: Don’t use high octane gasoline. Check your owner’s manual. Using 87-octane gas will save you an average 10 cents per gallon.

*Consumer Federation of America (CFA) is a non-profit association of almost 300 pro-consumer groups, with a combined membership of 30 million, which was founded in 1968 to advance the consumer interest through advocacy and education.

**The savings assumptions here are based on gasoline costing $2.42 per gallon, but now are considerably more and will increase as the price of gasoline continues to rise.