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Sunday, September 5, 2010

TIPS FROM GERALD 4




MYTH: LETTING AN ENGINE IDLE SAVES FUEL

The idea of letting an engine idle to save fuel may have been true before the advent of fuel-injection. Start-up in nearly all modern vehicles is lean and efficient and the longer the interval between shutdown and start-up, the greater the fuel savings. Engine-off strategies are prevalent in hybrid cars because they improve mileage.

1 comment:

Derek Myers said...

I hate it when people say that "Air Conditioning uses gasoline!"

I watched a MythBuster's episode where they busted a myth that AC does NOT use gasoline!