Tips to reduce fuel consumption and save money

In these days of escalating petrol prices, we all need a little help to extract a little more mileage out of our money. Of course, one way not to do this, is to go and accept a new job, which is roughly twice the distance that I used to travel earlier. I have gone from refuelling my car once a month to once a week 🙁

So, I have been thinking how I can economize and here are some few common-sense tips I follow:

• Plan travel logistics ahead of time and group all my errands together
• Drive without any sudden increase / decrease in speed (very difficult for me)
• Switch off my car engine while waiting at signals or stuck in traffic jams
• Chucked out all unnecessary stuff from my car (lighter vehicle burns less fuel- something I realized from all the newspaper articles about airlines lightening their loads)
• Get my car’s tyre pressure checked once a week
• Go to the petrol bunk in the morning when it’s cooler. Petrol is less dense in the morning

Hoping some of these tactics will help my budget a bit more…