There are certain driving habits that are causing you to waste money on gas and in the long run will result in damage to your vehicle or at least will cost you money in repairs and maintenance. By avoiding these inadequate behaviors, you can optimize fuel consumption:

BAD DRIVING HABITS

• Slamming brakes or accelerator: briskly accelerating and braking increases fuel consumption. 

Suggestion: Press the pedals gently.

• Idling for too long: A vehicle consumes gas while parked with the engine on.  Restarting the car uses less fuel than idling for even 20 seconds.  

Suggestion: If you are idling for more than 60 seconds, turn off the engine.

Speeding: As the car speeds increase, the air and tire rolling resistance increases, demanding more power and more fuel consumption from the engine. 

Suggestion: Keep a medium consistent speed.

• Keeping low tires: A vehicle has to work harder with low-air tires as they increase the rolling resistance reducing miles per gallon of fuel.

Suggestion: constantly check that your tires are properly inflated.

• Omitting regular maintenance: Not servicing a vehicle on a regular basis is detrimental to both your engine and fuel-efficient consumption.

Suggestion: Keep your vehicle in optimal condition.

• Excess Weight: When carrying excess of weight, a car´s engine needs to work harder and burns more fuel.

Suggestion: Remove all extra and unnecessary items from the inside and the trunk of your car.

• Using Air conditioning: The air conditioning system increases fuel consumption by up to 25%, more than any other car´s feature because of the extra load on the engine.

Suggestion: Leave the windows open when you are driving slower. At high speeds, it is advisable to turn it on as windows down increase wind resistance causing an aerodynamic drag.

• Not using Cruise Control for long drives: Constantly slowing down and speeding up on flat roads and level surfaces is useless, takes more time, and burns more gas.

Suggestion: When driving on highways, switch to Cruise Control, the best option to keep a constant, steady speed and save gas; it reduces the number of times your vehicle slows and accelerates.

M&M VEHICLE TRANSPORT RECOMMENDATIONS

• Try to follow the above suggestions; they will represent a significant saving in terms of fuel consumption and money.
• If you have the chance, take advantage of carpooling and ride-share.
• Try to avoid peak hours.
• If possible, try to work from home. 
• Plan to run all errands in one single trip.