5 Ways To Maximize Your Fuel Efficiency in Fort Wayne, IN

If you see your gas tank depleting quickly when you’re taking your children to Headwaters Park, you’ll need to know how to maximize your car’s gas economy ratings. With these five tips from us at our Bart’s Car Store location in Fort Wayne, IL, you’ll have what you need to do so. This will result in you having longer trips with your loved ones.

Tire Maintenance

By maintaining the tires of your car, you’ll successfully have improved fuel ratings. A tire rotation is when we take these parts and swap them with each other. So, the amount of rolling resistance is lower, meaning that you won't press on the gas pedal as much to move forward. Also, if their position is too slanted or tired, you can end up needing to re-correct your steering more than usual. With a wheel alignment, these parts are repositioned as needed so that your car’s fuel economy is not suffering from oversteering.

Engine Maintenance

Your fuel economy can also falter if the engine is not well-serviced. That’s why oil changes and coolant flushes are essential for your car. The former is meant to provide the powertrain with lubrication to surround the inside pieces with. When this happens, your vehicle is not exerting so much fuel as it would if there was contact without this liquid. Also, when the latter maintenance is neglected, it can allow the powertrain to run with more gas due to higher temperatures in the mechanism. But, if the coolant is changed on time, the system will run at the proper temperature and not excessively use more gas.

Plan a Route

As part of your final preparations for the trip to Fort Wayne Museum of Art in your Ram 1500 or Ford Escape, we as a team believe that you should plan a route for the journey. If you have your map readily available with a friend telling you where to go, or have a handy technology in your car to help, you can reduce your driving time. This is because you’ll avoid taking the longer way, which can expunge your fuel reservoir quicker. But, with a faster way to arrive at your point of destination, there’s less gas required to get you there.

Gas-Saving Driving Habits

How you handle your vehicle can yield more gas saved. Cruise control is a helpful tool that you can use if your vehicle is among the many that have it. This is because of how it keeps your speed unchanged, removing you from having to waste fuel by adjusting the gas pedal until you deactivate the function. Also, make sure that when accelerating, you give this component a slow push with your foot rather than with full force. Likewise, make sure to do the same with the brake pedal as you decelerate. All these practices will alleviate how much gas is being burned.

Lighten the Load

Finally, let’s mention how lightning the amount of items brought in your car can assist with your fuel economy rating. The more weight your vehicle drives with, the higher the gas usage of your car. A way to counteract this from happening is to see if there are any miscellaneous items lying around the cabin that are not relevant to your trip. Also, try to only bring what is required for the journey through town and nothing more for a lighter minivan or, if you have it, a sedan. For individualized guidance on saving your model’s gas, ask us at our Fort Wayne office!