Patrick Volvo Cars aims to serve you in a variety of ways. Whether it’s selling you a fantastic, premium driving experience, or servicing your vehicle back to 100 percent we aim to cover the gambit of your vehicle needs. Another thing we will do for you is give you some of our best tips on how to improve your vehicle’s gas mileage. We understand there are better things you’d like to spend your money on outside of fuel, so we’ve gathered our top three tips to improve your fuel economy.
· Use cruise control
· Cruise control is the simplest and easiest way to save on gas this summer and improve your vehicle’s fuel efficiency.
· Avoid excessive acceleration
· Exhibiting safe driving practices and avoiding excessive acceleration will help improve your gas mileage as well. Aggressive driving in general wastes gas and can even lower your gas mileage by about 15 to 30 percent at highway speeds and 10 to 40 percent in stop and go traffic.
· Limit excessive idling
· It’s best to limit the amount of times your vehicle is parked and idly running as this can waste up to a half gallon of fuel per depending on engine size and air conditioner use. It is recommended to turn off your engine when your vehicle is parked as it takes about 10 seconds worth of fuel to restart your vehicle.
We at Patrick Volvo Cars hope that these tips help improve your vehicle’s gas mileage in the months and years to come, however, if you find yourself in need of an upgrade look no further than us at Patrick Volvo Cars located at 1600 E. Higgins Road. Take a peek at our inventory and if you like what you see give us a call at 888-471-5417 and we’ll handle the rest.
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