Tips for saving gas (and money) - a positive thread

[neckdweller]

Originally Posted by Chris Craft

Every electronic device in your car adds draw on your milage. Lights on in the day, stereo, GPS....... You can only go so far with the savings...

Really? I never knew that.

As for the observation of sman, I'll concur that driving 55 on Route 95, at least in the stretch that I drive (North Shore MA-NH), could quite likely get you killed. High priced gas or not, everyone flies on that stretch of highway.

[Chris Craft]

Originally Posted by neckdweller

Really? I never knew that.

As for the observation of sman, I'll concur that driving 55 on Route 95, at least in the stretch that I drive (North Shore MA-NH), could quite likely get you killed. High priced gas or not, everyone flies on that stretch of highway.

Anything electric device draws power off the battery requiring your alternator to work harder. The harder your alternator works (for example to run the blower when your ac is set to max) the lower your fuel economy because of the added drag on the engine. That is where the hybrids make up so much of their fuel economy. They use the slowing down of the car (momentum) to generate power back into the car.