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Old 02-05-2008, 05:16 PM
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The tip that surprised me was to fill up at night as you get more fuel when it's cold. I also didn't know that you shouldn't fill your tank up full - the extra weight of the fuel costs you more to drive it around.

Mr Sheds has just come round to the idea of not revving, accelerating and braking so hard - to slow down gradually instead of emergency stopping all the time - better for my nerves as well as the car.
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I never knew that about cruise control either... makes sense though
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drive with 1/4 tank with the tyres at the right pressure. empty out the boot of all rubbish, take off the roof rack and then make the Mrs walk. All helps.
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The only problem with 1/4 tank if it is diesel you create a lot of moisture which eventually turns itself into ice in the filter on the coldest morning of the winter .
I was told this by a haulage contractor that i worked for and his instructions was fill up every night and it seemed to work jacob
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My LPG driven truck runs better on a full tank (at less than half the price of petrol!, I may add) cos the gas pressure is higher when it's full!
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