Oil price is soaring and it certainly looks like it will not be staying at a constant price for long. Not to mention that the price is still rising. There are a few alternatives that we can do.

1. To stop driving – for those who have been driving, you will be saying it’s crazy! Cars are just like your legs; they carries you around places. However, what we can do is to try walking, cycling or hopping on a bus for short trips.

2. To change to hybrid car – this is one viable option where you can adopt and yet some were saying that it takes much more fuel to produce a hybrid car.

3. To change the way we drive – this is possibly the immediate option that we can adopt. By changing your driving habits you can improve fuel economy and there are many tips which you can use to start saving dollars and not pennies. Changing your habits and you’ll see a substantial savings at the pump — without the need for a new car.

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With gas prices on the rise and no means to an end anytime soon, it is important to stress the basics on motoring habits. These are all tips that do not require any additional equipment..just a smart approach to gas consumption.

1. Avoid prolonged warming up of engine, even on cold mornings – 30 to 45 seconds is plenty of time.

2. Avoid “reving” the engine, especially just before you switch the engine off; this wastes fuel needlessly and washes oil down from the inside cylinder walls, owing to loss of oil pressure.

3. Eliminate jack-rabbit starts. Accelerate slowly when starting from dead stop. Don’t push pedal down more than 1/4 of the total foot travel. This allows carburetor to function at peak efficiency.

4. Park car so that you can later begin to travel in forward gear; avoid reverse

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“Hypermiling” is the art of drastically changing driving methods in order to improve fuel efficiency and maximize gas mileage. It is a growing trend now where drivers become more conscience of their daily travel habits and make adjustments in order to exceed their vehicle’s EPA fuel economy rating. Here are a few tips that we at PWR feel are easiest and most helpful to know:

1. Drive the speed limit. Most traffic lights in metropolitan areas(and even some rural areas) are timed so that you “get the green” if you are driving the speed limit. Also, excessive acceleration and braking does nothing but cause you to use more gas than needed and puts more wear on your engine component parts.

2. Turn your car off if you are idling for 30 seconds or more. While you are sitting there waiting to pick up your kid from day care, or waiting at a fast food drive-thru, turn off your car’s engine. Many people still assume that it takes more gas to start your car back up than it would to just leave your car running and this is absolutely false with newer cars. The computer’s on board most modern vehicles today are programmed to use much less gas to start up than you might imagine so take advantage of the built in technology. Think about it, you get 0 miles per gallon if you sit and aren’t going anywhere.

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