Source: https://naijauto.com/car-maintenance/6-fuel-saving-tips-for-automatic-drivers-188


Simple tricks can save lots of fuel for an automatic car.

Willie Venter, a Fleet Consulting Manager at EQSTRA Fleet Management, said that fuel took up from 40 percent to 45 percent of your car’s running cost.
You may think that an automatic car leaves not much for the driver to improve the fuel efficiency. In fact, there are still driving tricks that keep your car on the move longer. Follow these our insider tips below.

1. Maintain a constant speed

One simple but very useful tip to drive fuel efficiently is speed maintenance. Do not take sudden braking unless necessary, ensure consistent and slow drives and your fuel tank will survive you longer distances.


Maintaining a constant speed saves you more than you think

2. Avoid keeping foot on the brake

It imposes drag on the automatic car when you rest your foot on the gas pedal. That will accordingly impact on fuel economy. According to How Stuff Works, keeping your foot on the gas would place an unnecessary burden on the transmission and engine. What’s more, it will wear out the brakes quickly.


Avoid keeping foot on the brake

3. Have tires properly inflated

The tires play an important role in making sure your vehicle performs at its best and has a huge amount of influence on fuel efficiency. Underinflated tires make your car drag as well as lengthen stopping distances and are mainly unsafe.


The tires play an important role in making sure your vehicle performs at its best


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g8EXuFRvmY
5 Simple Ways to Make Your Car More Fuel Efficient | Stuff You Should Know

4. Don’t drive aggressively

All violent driving like crazy accelerating, fast braking and racing to the robot guzzle fuel quickly. As advised by the United State Environment Protection Agency, aggressive driving could lower the fuel consumption by 5 percent around town and by 33 percent at highway speed. We recommend you to pull away slowly and accelerate gently in order to save fuel.


Don’t drive aggressively

5. Fill up the automatic car with gas in cold weather

Most liquids augment in heat, so the you can get more bang for your buck if filling your automatic car with petrol as the temperature is cold. It is recommended that you hit the gas station in the cool morning or evening.


Fill up the automatic car in cold weather

6. Shift smartly

Generally, the automatic car stays in lower gears slight too long for peak fuel economy. Thereby, the driver should let up on the gas as passing 30 mph to shift to higher gears as early as possible. Then, when the car is in top gear, the driver can continue to accelerate gradually.


The driver should let up on the gas as passing 30 mph


Source: https://naijauto.com/car-maintenance/6-fuel-saving-tips-for-automatic-drivers-188

FTC
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change ur Gas tank to Diesel cos of scarcity.. lol thank me later..

Ok

Ok

:P7

This is not for we Lagos drivers sa, because we press our break than the accelerator itself.

Traffic things

Another lesson learnt

Beneficial

Your number 2 point is confusing.

First you say brake, then you go on and on about not placing foot on gas.

Where exactly should we place and not

trantoan:
Source: https://naijauto.com/car-maintenance/6-fuel-saving-tips-for-automatic-drivers-188


Simple tricks can save lots of fuel for an automatic car.

Willie Venter, a Fleet Consulting Manager at EQSTRA Fleet Management, said that fuel took up from 40 percent to 45 percent of your car’s running cost.
You may think that an automatic car leaves not much for the driver to improve the fuel efficiency. In fact, there are still driving tricks that keep your car on the move longer. Follow these our insider tips below.

1. Maintain a constant speed

One simple but very useful tip to drive fuel efficiently is speed maintenance. Do not take sudden braking unless necessary, ensure consistent and slow drives and your fuel tank will survive you longer distances.


Maintaining a constant speed saves you more than you think

2. Avoid keeping foot on the brake

It imposes drag on the automatic car when you rest your foot on the gas pedal. That will accordingly impact on fuel economy. According to How Stuff Works, keeping your foot on the gas would place an unnecessary burden on the transmission and engine. What’s more, it will wear out the brakes quickly.


Avoid keeping foot on the brake

3. Have tires properly inflated

The tires play an important role in making sure your vehicle performs at its best and has a huge amount of influence on fuel efficiency. Underinflated tires make your car drag as well as lengthen stopping distances and are mainly unsafe.


The tires play an important role in making sure your vehicle performs at its best


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-g8EXuFRvmY
5 Simple Ways to Make Your Car More Fuel Efficient | Stuff You Should Know

4. Don’t drive aggressively

All violent driving like crazy accelerating, fast braking and racing to the robot guzzle fuel quickly. As advised by the United State Environment Protection Agency, aggressive driving could lower the fuel consumption by 5 percent around town and by 33 percent at highway speed. We recommend you to pull away slowly and accelerate gently in order to save fuel.


Don’t drive aggressively

5. Fill up the automatic car with gas in cold weather

Most liquids augment in heat, so the you can get more bang for your buck if filling your automatic car with petrol as the temperature is cold. It is recommended that you hit the gas station in the cool morning or evening.


Fill up the automatic car in cold weather

6. Shift smartly

Generally, the automatic car stays in lower gears slight too long for peak fuel economy. Thereby, the driver should let up on the gas as passing 30 mph to shift to higher gears as early as possible. Then, when the car is in top gear, the driver can continue to accelerate gradually.


The driver should let up on the gas as passing 30 mph


Source: https://naijauto.com/car-maintenance/6-fuel-saving-tips-for-automatic-drivers-188

the leg?

Nice read.
Great tips.
These ain't applicable to an average Nigerian driver.
BTW, where is the road? Do we really have roads in Nigeria?

Na for Nigerian roads I go maintain constant speed






Na Only me dey drive for the road








Are you In Nigeria or Europe



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inoki247:
change ur Gas tank to Diesel cos of scarcity.. lol thank me later..

Like seriously? How does it work? What of fumes?

Pls explain.

Poverty mentality..... If you cannot fuel it, don't buy it

trantoan:
Source: https://naijauto.com/car-maintenance/6-fuel-saving-tips-for-automatic-drivers-188

2. Avoid keeping foot on the brake

It imposes drag on the automatic car when you rest your foot on the gas pedal. That will accordingly impact on fuel economy. According to How Stuff Works, keeping your foot on the gas would place an unnecessary burden on the transmission and engine. What’s more, it will wear out the brakes quickly.

Source: https://naijauto.com/car-maintenance/6-fuel-saving-tips-for-automatic-drivers-188

Point 2 says to keep foot away from break, but the explanation says one's car drags when one keeps foot on the gas pedal, then goes on to say keeping foot on gas pedal will burden the transmission and engine and also wear out the breaks.
I am not understanding.

Do people really change gears

shevon:


Point 2 says to keep foot away from break, but the explanation says one's car drags when one keeps foot on the gas pedal, then goes on to say keeping foot on gas pedal will burden the transmission and engine and also wear out the breaks.
I am not understanding.

That is what happens when you copy and paste other peoples blog and you have no clue of what they are saying.to me this is trash and full of assumptions.

Trust me, I practice almost all these tricks from time to time especially when traveling and it works like magic

I love going very fast, but when my fuel is under threat, I switch to these moves even with a BMW, it works well.

phemmyfour:
Poverty mentality..... If you cannot fuel it, don't buy it

don't mind all these poverty minded nigerians.

you will save and save and save and in the end you look at the person saving to see what he has saved and he will be telling you that buhari this buhari that.

why not open your mind to businesses, grab opportunities staring and you and make a lot of money in the process so don't you won't even mind filling your tanks every blessed day?!

inoki247:
change ur Gas tank to Diesel cos of scarcity.. lol thank me later..

U 4 jst change am to water make we know say ur head don nok

SpatialKing:
FTC
Those of us hoping to get a car this year.. Baba God bless us.
Click like if you believe you'll buy a car this year.
Click share if your money for car will be complete soon.

I think that's the wrong prayer, pray to be wealthy Instead.

like seriously??

Hmmmmmmmm!!!!

This Willie Venter guy, is he a Nigerian?

Was his study conducted on Nigerian roads?

Because in the metropolitan cities in Nigeria, your 1,2 and 4 points cannot work.

Even the 5 sef, e get as e be.

Mr Blogger abi na OP, make una dey copy/paste wetin dey relevant TO Nigerians IN Nigeria FOR nairaland.com.

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erico2k2:

I think that's the wrong prayer, pray to be wealthy Instead.

Wealth without health is vanity.... Moreover we are talking cars here not wealth.

Avoid keeping foot on the brake

It imposes drag on the automatic car when you rest your foot on the gas pedal. That will accordingly impact on fuel economy. According to How Stuff Works, keeping your foot on the gas would place an unnecessary burden on the transmission and engine. What’s more, it will wear out the brakes quickly.

Gas pedal, brake...point 2 not clear or is the gas pedal not the accelerator? Why did the title say a and your explanation says b? Your post is confusing sir.

For lagos? Turn off your engine after 5 minutes no movement. Cuz speed dont apply. Na gridlock everywhere. Spent 2 hours from Anthony to Ojuelegba. You go fear lagos traffic.

SpatialKing:

Wealth without health is vanity.... Moreover we are talking cars here not wealth.

when yu get wealthy cars is not a problem, that was my point. however a car is nothing compared to wealth

erico2k2:

That is what happens when you copy and paste other peoples blog and you have no clue of what they are saying.to me this is trash and full of assumptions.

True. The writer possibly was on Oshogbo weed while writing.