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Some Tips to help with fuel: |
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 Speed has the largest effect on your operational cost.
Every 5 MPH costs about 0.5 MPG or $0.02 per mile in fuel. If you are
running 75 MPH and slow to 65 MPH, that is 1 MPG or $0.04 per mile or over
$6,000 per year savings.
Speed also has wear costs. That same 10 MPH saves about 10% in tire life
(tires running cooler); 10-20% in engine life (depending on engine size),
20% in brake life (not slowing for others) and stress / wear on you.
Idle time also has a notable effect on costs. With an average idle time of
10 hours per day (heater, air conditioning, TV / VCR...), this costs about
0.6 MPG or $0.02 per mile or about $2,500 per year. Minimizing idle can
help.
Running your engine fan all of the time costs from 10 to 40 HP. This can
cost up to 0.3 MPG or about $0.01 per mile or $1,200 per year. (Yes, some
still do it)
Alignment doesn't affect fuel mileage much (0.1 MPG), but it reduces tire
life up to 50%.
Tire
pressure doesn't affect fuel mileage much (0.1 MPG), but it also
can reduce tire life up to 30%.
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