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Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program

Fuel Economy

Fuel economy reduces pollution

Everyone needs extra cash and savings - especially during times of economic difficulty.

Improving fuel economy not only saves you money, it is also benefits personal health and the environment. By improving fuel economy less gas is burned to travel the same distance. Therefore fewer pollutants are released into the atmosphere.

Save Money While You Drive

How would you like to save an extra $200 this year? How about $600? You may be able to save that much cash by improving your gas mileage.

If you only drive one vehicle that gets 16 miles per gallon and improve your gas mileage by 25% a savings of up to $600 is possible each year. You can imagine the potential savings if your family drives two or more vehicles.

A 25% increase in gas mileage may sound high, but is quite possible if vehicle maintenance has been ignored or if you drive aggressively. The information below highlights several ways that an individual can improve fuel economy anywhere from 1% up to 40%.

Maintain Your Car to Maintain Your Cash

Fixing a car that is out of tune can improve gas mileage anywhere from 4 to 40 percent. It is important to have vehicles that fail emissions, or would fail emissions, properly tuned. If the oxygen sensor is broken you can get nearly one and a half times the gas mileage. Savings from this act alone can be as high as $600 per year. Replacing a dirty air filter not only improves gas mileage, it prevents impurities from damaging your engine.

Keeping a clean air filter can improve fuel economy by 10%. The tires we drive on can influence fuel efficiency. Every 1 PSI drop in all four of your tires decreases fuel economy by .4 percent. This may not sound like much of a problem, but a small reduction in tire pressure, tuning problems and a dirty air filter really add up.

Sensible Driving Saves

We have all been on the road with a crazy or reckless driver. Some of us must admit that we are that driver. Carelessness or recklessness is not just a safety hazard, it also wastes money. Aggressive drivers are constantly stomping on the gas or slamming on the brakes. The rapid starting and stopping burns fuel quicker than maintaining a constant speed.

Driving the speed limit on the highway also saves fuel. Every 5 mph someone drives over 60 mph adds 10 cents per gallon when they fill up. This may not sound like much but over the course of the year this can save about $100.

Another way to save some money is by utilizing cruise control. Maintaining a constant speed helps burn fuel more efficiently. Many of us spend a considerable amount of time waiting in drive through lines.

An idling engine is getting awful gas mileage. By going inside to place our orders we can save gas money and reduce pollution.