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Category Archives: Fuel Mileage Tips
Tip #10 The Driver
Welcome back. Some of the tips for increasing your fuel mileage cost nothing to implement and some can be quite expensive. Let’s take a look at another one that costs nothing to implement but bar none (with the possible exception … Continue reading
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Tip #9 Progressive Shifting
Welcome back. So far we have discussed slowing down and idling. Sticking with things that you can do on the cheap, our ninth tip to improve our fuel mileage is called progressive shifting. The purpose of progressive shifting is to … Continue reading
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Tip #8 Load Weight
Welcome back. I hope the tips I have given you so far have helped improve your fuel mileage. Our next discussion may seem like a no brainer but there’s a lot more to it than you might think. Let’s talk … Continue reading
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Tip #7 Air Gap
Welcome back. We’re working on improving your fuel mileage. How are you doing so far? Tip #7 is another factor that has a big affect on your fuel mileage and won’t cost you anything to fix. It’s called air gap. … Continue reading
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Tip #6 Tire Pressure
Welcome back. We’ve been talking about how to improve your fuel mileage. There are more than thirty things than can affect your actual m.p.g. I’ve started out by addressing the factors that you can change right now, today, at no … Continue reading
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Tip #5 Horsepower Setting
Welcome back. Let’s see if we can improve that fuel mileage of yours a little more. The next suggestion I have (and we’re still talking about things that won’t cost you anything) has to do with the horsepower setting in … Continue reading
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Tip #4 Running the Overhead
Welcome back. So far my fuel mileage improvement suggestions have been centered around things that you could do that would not cost you any money. I’m going to go in a different direction with my next few suggestions. Today we … Continue reading
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Tip #2 Idling
Welcome back. In our first installment I discussed slowing down. Our second factor is also one that can save you thousands of dollars. Idling. Depending on what you are doing now, you can spend nothing to reduce or eliminate idling … Continue reading
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Tip #1 Slow Down
If you’ve ever listened to Kevin Rutherford’s show the most frequent question has to be “How can I improve my fuel mileage?” Are you aware that there are more than 30 (yes thirty) different factors that can affect your m.p.g.? … Continue reading
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