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Show Toorfe BE A LEAN IDLER Gasoline-wasters include too-fast idling, too rich a carburetor fuel-air mix, and bad wheel-alignment;period-ic check-ups could save you money. Gasoline-savers include keeping things off your car roof, and storing items in your garage instead of car- ! rying them around in your car-trunk. Of course sometimes some-times you HAVE to carry things but each 100 pounds could cost you 0.4 miles per gallon. Naturally you have to stop now and then. But you save by gauging stop lights so you can keep rolling. One of the most effective techniques among many used by professional drivers getting up to twice normal mpg is to keep the car from coming to a complete stop whenever possible. Don't tailgate. You waste gas by frequent speed-ups and braking not to mention men-tion safety reasons. |