Hello everyone! I thought I might share what I learned when taking my drivers license. Here in sweden we wont pass the drivers license if we don't drive economical.
And sorry for bad spelling. I can speak great english and also read. But when I write it's like I'm a 5y old. Since I don't know how to spell many words I use other, less fitting words. But I hope you all can read and understand.
So here's some things that I've learned in class.
* Plan your driving, look ahead so you avoid hard breaking and accelerating.
* Gearing. Use an higher gear if possible. Avoid running your engine ower 3000. Most newer cars can use the 5:th gear at 50km ph
* Don't "step on it" Drive with a even throttle(?) Especialy when going up-hull, and use the next one when going downhill.
*(my favorite) Let the engine do your breaking. Using your pedal is allways unnecessary. Letting your engine do the breaking can COMPLEATLY choke the fuelsupply(at about 1600-1200(lower for diesel cars)). When decreasing under 1200(lower for diesel cars) just gear down.
* Having the right pressure in your tyres. And yes even more than the recomended pressure(about 10-15%). This will also decrease the wear to your tyres.
* You know this boxes for extra storage that you put on the top of the car? Can't find a translation for it but hey, its a big box for storage. Like this: quickautomation.se/Takbox_image001.jpg
Just remove it whenever you don't use it. Also remove anything heavy that you dont use.
* In sweden it's cold in the winters. You get the idea if listening to accept - winter dreams. So this is just for you who live in the parts of the US or anywhere else where its cold
Don't know the name again but "engine heater" gave 17 500 000 resaults on google so well use that:
Engine heater!! Starting a cold engine use a lot(!!!) of gasoline.
This is in Celsius but I used this great "Celsius to Fahrenheit Converter" wbuf.noaa.gov/tempfc.htm.
+10C/50F use the engine heater for ~20 minutes.
0C/32F use the engine heater for ~60 minutes.
-15C/-59F or colder: use the engine heater for ~90 minutes.
Last weak when we had ~-95F the car wouldnt even start unless we used the engine heater first.
* Regulary give the car service. Clean air filters, ceal oil and good sparking plugs makes the engine run better and reduces the miles per gallon(if I type mpg I think of .mpg and get disoriented haha).
* Whenever your not moving, shut of the engine. When the engine is idling it's using more fuel than you might think.
* The AC uses up to 0.0264172 gallon(damn americans and your metrics system! haha) per 6.21371 miles. Well it's not that much but if you don't need it, don't use it. (this was converted from 1 deciliter per 10 km)
Thats about it. Anyone, feel free to correct spelling, convertations etc. As I said, my spelling is as bad as a 5year old's. In fact, anyone
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