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11 tips
If you're getting 45
mpg from your car and not using the tips below then you could return
55 mpg just by using them. That's a saving of £240 over 12,000
miles. 12,000mls/45mpg = 266 gallons. 12,000/55 = 218 gals. A
difference of 48 gallons. At £5 per gallon that's a
£240 saving every 12,000 miles.
- Lighten your touch on the accelerator pedal.
During the early 70s fuel crisis, the advice
was to imagine there was an egg between
your foot and the accelerator pedal.
- Pushing your car past 70 mph instead of
rolling along at less than 70 will increase
your fuel costs by 10%.
- Do not
keep accelerating only to have to
brake.
- Change up the gearbox as soon as
possible.
- Avoid the rush hour and heavy traffic to
minimise stop-go motoring, which burns
more petrol than travelling at a steady speed.
- Empty your boot of heavy loads.
- Keep your tyres at the correct pressure.
- Regularly service your car. A car in poor
condition will cut your mpg drastically and
increase your costs.
- Use the recommended grade of oil for
your car.
- If you know you're going to have to stop,
for example at a junction or lights, then
remove your foot from the accelerator.
- Buy an efficient - not
necessarily smaller - car. Note a small petrol car like a 2006 Clio
1.2 returns 47.9 combined mpg.
Related pages
A
guide on Renault fuel economy and CO2 emissions
It's not just about Renault.
About New Car Fuel
Consumption
Find
fuel figures on VCA
www.vca.gov.uk
Also see
http://campaigns.direct.gov.uk/actonco2/home/on-the-move.html
Here are roomy Renaults 2006 diesel cars and their combined mpg (miles
per gallon)
Spacious medium small Renaults
- Megane Sports Tourer dci 86hp & 106hp 60.1 mpg
- Megane Sports Saloon dci 86hp & 106hp 60.1 mpg
- Renault Scenic dci 80hp 56.5 mpg
Spacious medium sized Renaults
- Espace 1.9dci 40.0 mpg
- Laguna 1.9dci 120hp 51.3 mpg
A fun diesel Renault
- Megane Coupe Cabriolet 1.9dci 130hp 48.7 mpg
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