My friends asked me the other day on the best way to save fuel. Well, my logical answer to that (without asking him to read any of the internet resources or buying the overhyped fuel saving gadgets) : DRIVE SLOWLY BUT SENSIBLY. There’s no way you’re going to actually save fuel by going faster. You need more power to go faster but at the same time you demanded your car to save fuel. How illogical is that. It’s against the Energy Conservation Theory (or whatever they call it) and many other related laws (on physics, that is). But I’m not going to talk about that theories and I’m not and expert on fuel burning mechanism either.
If you want to practice hypermiling driving techniques or be and ecomodder, there’s a few tips before you even try to attempt few of them. These tips are purely based from my own experience, typically for Malaysian roads.
1. You have to be a very (i mean very) patient and tolerant person. Some motorist will honk you cause they just think you’re not fast enough to their likings or ‘makan angin’. Let those a**h**e pass. Plus many will try to jump of the queue in front of you, after noticing you seemed to get up to speed slower than their 'Wiralution 'or 'Wajalution'.
If you want to practice hypermiling driving techniques or be and ecomodder, there’s a few tips before you even try to attempt few of them. These tips are purely based from my own experience, typically for Malaysian roads.
1. You have to be a very (i mean very) patient and tolerant person. Some motorist will honk you cause they just think you’re not fast enough to their likings or ‘makan angin’. Let those a**h**e pass. Plus many will try to jump of the queue in front of you, after noticing you seemed to get up to speed slower than their 'Wiralution 'or 'Wajalution'.
2. You must be able to resist any temptations to go faster than you should (which may make you suffer, seeing a standard Kancil driven by an auntie overtake your shiny 2.0 car effortlessly, after ‘cucuk’ing from behind few times since the last traffic light). This is very hard to do, i know.
3. As a start, try to practice during weekends cause the traffic is not that heavy compared to weekdays. If you attempt to do it while going to work, the usual traffic jams routines may be frustrating and you may end up getting more stressed. Not good.
4. Track Your Mileage in Real Time. Knowing what mileage you're getting in real time i.e being able to compare it to what you got yesterday or even 10 minutes ago—is the new way to drive these days. What you need to do is invest in a fuel-economy computer like the Pivot E-drive or Scangauge; and you're instantly instrumented. Either way, a conscious mind combined with instant feedback should get you that instant 10 percent.
5. Do not add any other ‘fuel saving’ gadgets. This is to proof that you yourself are the one who contributed to the hypermiling success, not the gadget.
6. Practice at your own risk and discretion. This will be my escape clause, heheh.
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