Comments on: 22 Ways to Make Your Car More Fuel Efficient

By: A Beginners Guide To Being Frugal | Quick Diet Tips

A Beginners Guide To Being Frugal | Quick Diet Tips — Thu, 10 May 2012 04:32:00 +0000

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By: mike

mike — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:15:36 +0000

the torque converter will spin regardless, as it is directly bolted to the flywheel and it is connected to the transission throught a spline type connector either way it disengages the gears the same only difference is park actually has a pin the locks the gears up

By: John

John — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:51:26 +0000

I’ve got a question, if your sitting in a parking lot with your car idling is it mroe efficient for an automatic to put it in park or to put it in nuetral with the parking brake,it seems like the second would because the tranny would be seperated from the engine where in park it is still connected and the engine would have to spin the torque converter, also is there anything I can do to a diesel engine to make it more efficient, ill sacrifice power for efficiency

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:30:07 +0000

My grandfather worked in the engineering division of Daimler-Chrysler and has told me on more than one occasion that they would design an engine/car concept that would achieve 50mpg+ (first design he knew of was 30 years ago). After being drafted up, the oil companies would pay Chrysler millions to buy the rights to the plans, then burn them.

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:22:06 +0000

One question everyone seems to have missed…
With all our technology and brainpower, why haven’t cars improved their mpg since the 1960′s? Fuel prices were so low it almost didn’t matter, but as the prices creep up year after year, the engines don’t get even a fraction more efficient.

If engine designers were REALLY allowed to give us what they know is technologically & mechanically possible, most cars nowdays could easily manage 100mpg or more, but thanks to certain oil companies whose execs. play golf with the execs. from the car companies, who play golf with the govt. (who in turn receive 90% of all money spent on fuel) it’s no wonder they don’t want anyone to benefit from what they know is possible…

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:23:04 +0000

dont listen to the haters… i thought almost all of them were great.:D

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:03:45 +0000

What a load a garbage. I am a mechanic and have worked with cars for years. Some of your points are just plain incorrect or false. What sort of research have you done ?

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 02:51:16 +0000

Well honestly these tips are take and go with what works for the individual. I own a rather large truck, which I have to have for my work and I get terrible gas mileage. Before this I drove tiny, manual cars and I loved that most of my money was not spent at the pump. Honestly, none of the tips above were found helpful to me. They were either just a few pennies savings, myths, or common knowledge. The replies below the article gave more solid advice and information in my personnel opinion. Big thing people ………if you own a manual do not wind it to the redline in every gear every-time. This wastes gas and puts harmful wear and tear on your vehicle.

By: Logan

Logan — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:48:11 +0000

well first off, premium gas burns slower than regular gas, therefore giving a longer, more cleaner burn. meaning combustion lasts longer creating more force (on the piston)

secondly 55-70 is a good speed to be the most fuel efficient. depending on the car you drive. if you have a boxy car, even with high gears you really shouldnt run over 60, and no more than 55 if you have lower gears in the same car. if you have a aerodynamic car with high rear gears go 70.

as far as using neutral goes, go ahead and use it if your in a manual. when your in neutral, the engine uses the same if not less gas because the engine has nothing pulling on it hence the reason the revs increase. if your in an automatic, its probably not worth the wear on your trans because most cars have a high enough stall converter that lets the engine rev lower than if it was at stall speed. basically automatics under around 1500 rpm and down will drop around 300-400 rpms when you let off the gas w/o slowing your car.

when it comes to taking off slowly, it depends on your rear gears and the type of engine you have in your car. if you have low rear gears, dont be afraid to give it a little extra gas taking off because you will get your speed up quickly enough to save your engine the revs and time like it would if you accelerate slowly. if you have high rear gears, take of slowly and let the vehicle sorta wind out.

and remember that the best gas recieved doesnt necessarily depend on the rpm but the amount of throttle (under about 2500 rpms). if your in high gear going 30 but the pedal half way to the floor to go that speed, your getting terrible mileage. but if you would shift from say 6th to 4th your rpms would rise BUT you would have to have less throttle, resulting in better gas.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:36:36 +0000

My goodness people everyone is in ATTACK MODE on this things its suppose to help people theres nothing in here that will harm or cause someone car to get ruined. All of you STFU and take the tips

By: Hawk

Hawk — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 09:05:05 +0000

Dereck , just because you worked at a petrol refinery does not make you an expert. You have some good points. but you have to learn that ‘stupider” is not even a word. The man had his good points. Now go back to work and STFU.