Fuel $aving Tips

[stevo]

Originally Posted by cabs

Great thread, just think yourselves lucky you dont live in England where fuel costs 3x as much! Any students out there? Heres how to really save fuel (although rather extreme i have had to resort to it) Turn your engine off when going down hills! Ok you only have one go on the brakes and no power steering but in hilly areas (i.e. Cornwall, England) i swear you can get 30-40% further!!! If your whole journey is downhill you wont need any fuel at all! As far as i'm aware a bump start uses no extra fuel unlike using the starter motor. Sorry for being an idiot.

you said it pal, totally stupid bit of advice, "turn off your engine"gotta be one of the most dangerous things you can do, I live in the uk as you can see by my avatar, I drive a 318se and generally get between 40 and 50 to the gallon all it takes is careful use of the gears and a light foot on the gas pedal, Ive just done Halifax to Whitby covered most of the area surrounding Whitby and travelled back to Halifax on £40.00 and still had fuel left in the tank.
You know the situation on our uk roads so you gotta know switching off your engine and coasting downhill is tempting fate.

[bigtom21485]

yeah. I wouldn't own another automatic transmission car if you paid me. I first learned a few years ago b/c i wanted a race car one day and i wanted a motorcycle, both of which are manuals always...plus there's the fun factor and the "ripping through the gears", and the fact that a manual will always win off the line.