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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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