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If you drive with foresight and cleverness, you will use less fuel and money. But you can also save a lot of fuel when it comes to the car’s equipment.
Kassel – How can you easily save a lot of fuel when driving? The ADAC has a tip that not everyone will come up with straight away. Sometimes the culprit is neither in the tank nor the tires – but what is on the roof.
According to ADAC, roof boxes are one of the biggest fuel guzzlers: eleven percent more consumption at 80 km/h
One of the biggest gas guzzlers according to the car club therefore a roof box. Even at 80 kilometers per hour, the vehicle’s consumption increases by a whopping eleven percent, wrote hna.de.
If you accelerate up to 130 kilometers per hour despite the storage space on the roof, you will actually use up to two liters more per 100 kilometers. Conclusion: After a ski holiday or a longer holiday trip, the storage space on the roof should be removed as soon as possible.
Roof boxes weigh up to 100 kilograms – a lot of savings potential when it comes to luggage
The roof boxes weigh between 50 and 100 kilograms, which alone explains the increased fuel consumption. By the way: Even when the fog lights and rear fog lights are switched on, they consume around 0.2 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers. For luggage, you can calculate around 0.3 liters more per 100 kilograms.
You can also save a lot in the way you drive. According to ADAC, consumption increases by up to 30 percent if you shift up too late. It is therefore important to drive as proactively as possible. Optimum tire pressure and an automatic start-stop system also offer savings potential. Warming up is also a fuel guzzler, so four minutes while scraping ice costs around 20 cents. Apart from the unnecessary environmental impact. Letting it warm up shouldn’t do anything for the engine.
Tire puncture kit instead of a spare wheel? You can save weight here too
You can also save on a spare wheel. Because this already weighs 20 kilograms, drivers could consider a tire puncture kit with a compressor and sealant. That’s what Matthias Brügge from the magazine advises Car picture.
A professor recently requested one Fuel price of 100 euros per liter. “Anyone who drives a car is already privileged,†he says. It can also be expensive new catalog of fines for 2024 become. (cgsc)