Effecting gas prices

[hulkyj61]

Originally Posted by JohnR

-If you're at a dead stop for a long time (Gridlock, Parking lot, waiting for someone) shut the engine off, start up does take a lot of gas but it is equivalent to 38 seconds or something like that of idle time - false, shutting off your engine burns no gas, restarting burns just the gas to run at increased idle, in fact many hybrid vehicles engage / disengage the gas engines in stop/start conditions.

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are several other tips a motorist can follow to improve gas mileage, including:

-Avoid long idles. Turn off the engine if you anticipate a lengthy wait. Instead of idling at a drive-up window, park and go in. Idling burns more gas than restarting the engine.

I know that the last post was a little wordy, sorry bout that.

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I think older cars used to consume much more gas on startup than modern vehicles do...the rule of thumb today is to shut-off rather than idle.

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[tattoobob]

cars are for the most part fule injection alot better on gas than a carburetor

[JohnR]

Originally Posted by hulkyj61

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), there are several other tips a motorist can follow to improve gas mileage, including:

-Avoid long idles. Turn off the engine if you anticipate a lengthy wait. Instead of idling at a drive-up window, park and go in. Idling burns more gas than restarting the engine.

I know that the last post was a little wordy, sorry bout that.

Not wordy at all and nothing to be sorry about - besides, my reply wasn't exactly short

The tow things about the AC and stopping engine at a light have changed because of recent efficiencies of new cars, that's all. You hear it on some radio station talk show, the info was valid more before than now... That's all...