TANK IS EMPTY: 5 TIPS THAT WILL HELP YOU TO HOLD ON TO THE GAS STATION
If the fuel gauge rests at ease in the "empty", and in the trunk there's the cans of stock, no choice, you need to "pull" to the nearest gas station until I stood the motor. Find out how to act to get to the gas station without unnecessary adventure.
1. Softer, more tender!
What exactly should not do is to push the pedal to the floor. Accelerate smoothly, literally "stroking" the gas pedal, and speeding — do not try to change the speed. If you still have to slow down (e.g. before a traffic light), start preparing as early as possible. Ideally, a traffic light you have to roll on, when it turns green, and drive on without stopping — remember that starting out with too much fuel.
2. Cruising speed
One should go at the speed at which your car minimum fuel consumption. It is called cruising. All different, but usually, this is the last (top) transfer and turnover in the region of two thousand.
3. Criminal neutrality
If you have manual transmission — congratulations, your chances to drive to the gas station much higher. Don't try to ride on the "neutral" or with a depressed clutch. In this mode, the injectors like it or not, and are forced to inject fuel into the cylinders to maintain the idling speed. But on the gear when you release the gas pedal, the engine rotates the wheels, the control unit "understands" it and opens the nozzle. In fact, in this mode, the engine is just pumping air from intake to release.
4. He who will not work shall not eat
It is foolish to worry about comfort when you're trying to save every drop of fuel. Your task is to minimize the load on the engine, so turn everything off: air conditioning (just don't open the window, otherwise due to bad aerodynamics the whole effect will be negated), fan heaters, heated Windows and seats, if it happens in the winter. Better, of course, at the same time and lights to extinguish, but only if the case is clear day — otherwise you dramatically reduce your chances of anywhere to go, and not because of running out of gasoline.
5. Stunt-stunt
From the drivers who started to drive in Soviet times, you can hear about this life hack: at the beginning of the long descent turn the engine off and coasting, saving "fuel". Don't ever do that, if you go by modern car: turn off the engine, and then stop working amplifiers steering and brakes. Happen that — will not be able to stop or avoid the obstacle. On older machines these systems were rare, so the roller coaster could roll without any problems, now the motor can turn off only in case, if you had to stop at traffic lights.