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Boosting your car's fuel efficiency
Did you know that you can boost the overall fuel efficiency of your car by as much as 30% through simple vehicle maintenance and attention to your style of driving?
Operating a car can be a costly exercise, however there are ways to save you money on fuel costs while reducing your CO2 emissions. Here are just some of the simple driving techniques that you can adopt to do just this:
- Gentle acceleration
- Maintaining a steady speed
- Anticipating traffic flow to avoid hard braking
- Avoiding high speeds, where possible
- Coasting to decelerate
- Avoiding unnecessary idling
- Removing roof and bike racks when not in use
- Use air conditioning sparingly
- Keep extra weight out of your boot by removing unnecessary items
- Plan your trips to avoid taking the long way around, and combine multiple errands in the one outing
Adopting appropriate driving techniques alone cannot guarantee that your car is performing at its optimal fuel efficiency. Vehicle maintenance also plays a key role. When it comes to the maintenance of your vehicle - the qualified and experienced staff at your nearest Donnellans tyre dealership and repair store are here to assist you. Keeping your vehicle well maintained can limit problems with your vehicle that may impact on your fuel consumption. A poorly tuned engine can use more fuel and produce far more emissions than one that is running properly.
We recommend that you monitor the pressure of your tyres on a weekly basis. If you have concerns regarding the pressure of your tyres, Donnellans’ experienced and friendly technicians are available to check and adjust your tyre pressure, as well as assess your tread wear, advise you as to when new tyres are required, and rotate your tyres to achieve an even tread wear and maximise tyre life. All of which play an important role in ensuring that your vehicle is performing effectively to maintain its fuel efficiency.
Sustainability and the reduction of our impact on the environment is not only the responsibility of the individual motorist - tyre manufacturers must also play their part. When dealing with the production of millions of tyres on an annual basis, small changes on a per-unit basis can have a significant overall impact. As a result, many tyre manufacturers have adopted environmentally-conscious tyre designs, such as the Bridgestone Ecotopia range.
Bridgestone’s Ecopia tyre range work to improve your vehicle’s fuel efficiency with the added bonus of being eco-friendly. They assist you to reduce your CO2 emissions, all whilst maintaining Bridgestone’s safety standards - and without compromising on comfort. They have been made to reduce rolling resistance, which is the force required to roll a tyre. The lower the rolling resistance, the less fuel that is used and therefore the lower your vehicle’s CO2 emissions. Bridgestone’s Ecopia tyres are manufactured to deliver long life, therefore reducing the frequency that tyres need to be replaced - a further benefit to the environment, by decreasing the quantity of scrap tyres created.
More recently, Bridgestone announced that it has teamed up with Honda to collaborate on future product development for the Australian market - with a focus on the development of future low rolling resistance Ecopia tyres - a win for Australian motorists and the environment!
Donnellans are a certified Bridgestone Tyre Centre. We have five Donnellans tyre dealership and repair stores across Melbourne - in Blackburn, Collingwood, Preston, Prahran and Balwyn. We are proud to offer you Bridgestone’s complete range of Ecopia tyres at the best possible prices. Why not give us a call, or come in for a chat to your nearest Donnellans store, to explore the Bridgestone Ecopia range. Our friendly and experienced staff can assist you to see if they are a suitable tyre option for your vehicle.
