Recently petrol prices do not please therefore people try to find the ways allowing to save fuel. Cars with the automatic transmission spend a lot of fuel, and it is worth knowing ways which will allow to cut down costs at least a little.
How to save gasoline on the automatic machine?
At the moment there is no way which would will allow to save significantly, but nevertheless there are some cunnings and recommendations:
- Experts advise regularly to carry out maintenance as even insignificant breakage is capable to increase fuel consumption significantly. It is still recommended to change filters regularly.
- For economy of fuel on the car it is important to monitor oil warming up as cold liquid raises a gasoline consumption. The movement needs to be begun only when the arrow which indicates oil temperature reaches the middle of a scale. There are also special additives in oil which improve operation of the automatic transmission and cut a gasoline consumption.
- Economy of fuel on a car has a direct connection with a driving manner. Experts say that for reduction of expenses on gasoline it is necessary to go accurately, avoiding sharp starts and braking. At the movement at low speeds it is impossible to include overgears.
- The additional equipment used in the car increases fuel consumption. It concerns first of all the conditioner and also the radio tape recorder, the oven, etc.
And finally we will consider top-3 economical cars on fuel consumption. Ranks third Skoda Fabia Greenline, this car spends 2.83 l for 100 km. On the second step of a pedestal Smart Fortwo CDI is located, this small machine spends for 100 km 2.85 l of the diesel. The leading positions are taken by Kia Rio 1.1 Ecodynamics, this car spends only 2.66 l for 100 km.