You can get surprisingly better gas mileage by removing excess weight from your car or truck. No, I don’t mean you should tear a couple of doors off, or remove the trunk lid, but you should get rid of anything that isn’t attached to your car and isn’t necessary to haul around.
 
This means not using [...]

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Try to avoid letting your car idle to save gas, even on those cold mornings when you try to heat up the car before driving to work.  This one is sometimes tough to adhere to, but don’t let your car idle if you don’t have to.  Studies show that there is no need to let [...]

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Accelerate at a slow, steady pace when the light turns green. The faster that you accelerate the more gas that you are going to consume.  This “even keel” during acceleration helps you conserve as much fuel as possible while going from stop to start.
 
It may be tempting for younger people to accelerate and race away [...]

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