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Every Time You Step On Your Car's Brakes, You're Wasting Fuel. by AutosBay(op): 5:02pm On Jan 20, 2015
Every time you step on your car's brakes, you're wasting fuel.

Why is that? Simple. Every time you use the brakes, you're wasting the "acceleration" you've already used. Instead of moving your car, that energy is being transformed into steaming hot brake pads.

How do you use the brakes less? Anticipate. If you're at a traffic light, don't speed away when there's a good chance you'll have to stop again soon. Accelerate slowly, and then coast to the next light. If you see a need to stop up ahead, coast. Don't continue to accelerate and then brake at the last minute. If you anticipate your stops, you'll cut down on your wasteful acceleration, and save lots of fuel.

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Re: Every Time You Step On Your Car's Brakes, You're Wasting Fuel. by kelvine(m): 5:11pm On Jan 20, 2015
Sounds true,I want to believe quantity of fuel being wasted spent would be very minimal. This scenario would play out even more in traffic I guess.
Re: Every Time You Step On Your Car's Brakes, You're Wasting Fuel. by AutosBay(op): 5:16pm On Jan 20, 2015
Sure.
Re: Every Time You Step On Your Car's Brakes, You're Wasting Fuel. by harbibi: 5:52pm On Jan 20, 2015
K. Thanks.
Re: Every Time You Step On Your Car's Brakes, You're Wasting Fuel. by godsamist: 7:33pm On Jan 20, 2015
How do u prove this?
Do u brake and accelerate at the same time?
Assumping you are coasting on high speed and the need to apply ur brakes arises do u stil accelerate or remove ur foot fro accelerator pedal..under this process instead of saving fuel how come the waste?
pls prove ur theory.
The moment u apply the brakes ur engine should be in idle position ..At feul economy rate, not wasting pls
Re: Every Time You Step On Your Car's Brakes, You're Wasting Fuel. by ZIMDRILL(m): 8:08pm On Jan 20, 2015
godsamist:
How do u prove this?
Do u brake and accelerate at the same time?
Assumping you are coasting on high speed and the need to apply ur brakes arises do u stil accelerate or remove ur foot fro accelerator pedal..under this process instead of saving fuel how come the waste?
pls prove ur theory.
The moment u apply the brakes ur engine should be in idle position ..At feul economy rate, not wasting pls
what is trying to say is this instead of applying the brakes to slow down, you just let the foot of the accelator and the car will low down

especially at speeds thats are 40mph and above

this about anticipating the flow of traffic especially the next car in front of you, things like the speed and gap between you and the next car
Re: Every Time You Step On Your Car's Brakes, You're Wasting Fuel. by Nutase: 8:04am On Jan 21, 2015
huh
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