Save £500 on your petrol or diesel bill’s for only £49.99
Motorists can save up to £500 on petrol or diesel every year by improving their driving techniques, according to eco-driving experts from the AA.
As increases to VAT and fuel duty force petrol and diesel prices to an all time high, our eco-driver scheme training, has found that our pupils who adopt a more efficient driving style are typically able to reduce their fuel consumption by an average of approximately 10%, saving around £160 a year and some manage to cut fuel use by a third, saving more than £500 a year.
Families have been hit hard by record fuel prices and are looking for ways to drive down costs. Eco-driving involves very simple techniques that anyone can master. If used correctly , they can help you cut hundreds of pounds a year from your fuel bills – reducing the impact of ever increasing petrol and diesel prices.
Learner drivers are now taught how to drive in a fuel-efficiently and will get feedback on how well they are driving in the driving test. ’However’, if it’s new to you, we can give you tips for driving down your fuel bill.
Maintenance
Get your car serviced regularly, which helps maintain engine efficiency
Engine oil
Always use the correct oil for your car ( check your handbook for details)
Tyre pressures
Check your tyres regularly and always before long journeys, under-inflated tyres create more rolling resistance and so use more fuel. Your hand book will give you the recommended Pressures
Before you drive
Lose weight
Extra weight means extra fuel so there’s clutter in the boot You don’t need – take it out
Streamline
Roof racks/boxes create extra wind resistance and increase Your fuel consumption. Take it off if you don’t need it
Don’t get lost!
Check a map or on line route planners before you set off Alternatively use a sat nav and check t.v and radio Traffic news before you go
Combine short trips
Cold starts are inefficient so avoid multiple tripsBy combining errands such as shopping, buying a Paper and the school run together
Consider alternatives
If it’s a short journey consider walking or cycling
On the way
Leave promptly
Don’t start the engine until you are ready to go. In winter scrape the ice rather than leaving the engine running for a long period of time to warm up
Easy does it!
Drive smoothly, accelerate gently and try and read ahead to avoid unnecessary braking
Decelerate smoothly
When you have to slow down or stop, decelerate smoothly by releasing the accelerator sooner, leaving the car in gear
Rolling
If you can keep the car moving all the time, stopping and starting again uses much more fuel
Change up earlier
Change gear as soon as possible without labouring the engine – try changing up using the cars rev counter, approx 2000 rpm in a diesel car and approx 2500 in petrol car
Cut down on the air con
Don’t leave the air conditioning on all the time it increases fuel consumption, especially at low speeds
Turn it off!
Any electrical load increases fuel consumption, so turn off
your heated rear windscreen, demister blowers and headlights when you don’t need them
Stick to speed limits!
The faster you go the greater the fuel consumption, according to the department for transport, driving at 70 mph uses 9% more fuel than at 60 mph and upto
15% more at 50 mph. Cruising at 80 mph uses more than 25% fuel than at 70 mph
Don’t be idle
If you get caught in a queue, turn the engine off if it looks like you could be there for more than a few minutes
Brought to you courtesy of Maine Road Driving School. Please do call to book the start of your eco-driving course.
Maine Road Driving School – Your road to a lifetime of safe and enjoyable driving.
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