How to drive economically - Save money on fuel!

I’ve been thrashing the hell out of my new car recently. Got an average of 20mpg in a 2.0L diesel after the last fill😂😂💀.
Hey well, that was my joyride.

why was your consumption null when going in reverse? I thought it'd use as much as when you're in first gear

I have a Daihatsu Sirion from 2008, unfortunately it doesn't have all those fancy displays to check the consumption.

I'm a animal lover, if a any animal is in the road I'm going to slow down or even stop if I have to. The way I look at it cars can be fixed or replaced a animal can't. Not just that cars behind should have enough space to stop what if it wasn't a animal but a child? So what the difference from stopping for a child vs a animal

This video could have been much shorter

5th at 30 mph wow my car can't even drive in 4th at 30mph it has only 1.5k rpm at 30mph in third lol😂

Do I lug the engine by doing so ?

So, essentially, don’t accelerate too hard, don’t brake too frequently, let the car slow itself down, change up gears as early as possible but change down gear when revs get too low. Did I miss anything?

Great techniques, thank you for the video. Really disappointing that stuff like this isn't taught here in America. People will floor it, tailgate and traffic snake, never coast into lights or stop signs, and idle their engines for 20 minutes in drive-throughs then wonder why they get such poor fuel economy.

When on the motorway my engine runs best.

Other drivers hate me so much when I'm eco-driving on the highway😂

Biggest driver enemy it's city driving . 1st , 2nd , stop , gas , biting point , clutch down , gas , biting point , brake , clutch down , on and on and on for the whole journey .

Tip no. 24: Ignore the 20mph speed limit in Wales. If you're in my car, you can get 52-ish mpg by just going at the natural speed of the road and staying at 1000-2000 rpm without even trying. If you try to keep to the 20 limit despite there being zero traffic and nothing on the road and a lot of hills, you sit at 2000-2500 rpm or change into 3rd and start juddering.

I'm slightly proud to say I've seen approximately 0% of people in rural areas actually doing 20 through the villages. 30 is a safe speed in nearly every one of these places. Drakeford can shove it

Unfortunately I live in brighton so constant stop starting and driving up hills is unavoidable

shud u downshift in rpm goes below 1000 ???

I like how due to constantly eating animals, the average Brit's mind is on the safety of the car and not the safety of animals.

Nice video mate, I passed my test two weeks ago on Tuesday and I've been averaging 40.6MPG. Ford Focus EcoBoost 1.0 :)

Surely operating that computer to that extent is the equivalent of using a mobile phone its just as much of a distraction as operating a mobile device? Sorry to be p***ing on your cornflakes mate

Does that mean its not possible to drive economically because some models maintain their speed without your foot on the peddle only gaining or reducing speed resulting from inclinations (up or down hills) so relatively flat roads will result in the exact speed reached from pressing the gas & not reduced speed without the use of the break therefore unable to achieve your method of speed reduction achieved by natural speed reduction due to not pressing the gas to maintain a speed?

In Australia all L platers and the first year of p platers can only go 90km/h in 100 and 110 zones and trucks can only go 100, so going slower in a fast speed zone isn't that dangerous or abnormal, even in towns where the speed limit is 50, most cars go 30 or 40.

this is catastrophical fpr the engine, i have audi a3 370000km my father. a4 320000km, you reach 90degrees and step on the ges, these engines were not designed to work under 2000 rpm, especcialy in 5 gear............l..,.....,.ö. tto much stress on the engine, also fuel is a solvant! and cleanes your engine! dont be cheap !

Jesus Christ 40 miles a gallon is insane

Not sure if this drive technic is good for your engine on the long run. You might lose a lot more later on for repairs.

Would you downshift instead of break to slow down also?

I did a test with my car where I accelerated more quickly while still shifting early up to the same speed and it seems to be just as efficient if not more so. This was on a semi-auto though so it may be different than on a manual

it's pretty impossible for me to drive like this in a really hilly area with a really small engine :(

Just started watching this channel…love the content and the cherry on top is the regional and language differences; says me from the USA.

Thank you very much sir. Some people say putting the ac on consumes more fuel. What do you say about that??

Why does the speedo constantly stay at 14mph?

I live in a hilly area so I accelerate to max speed on the downhills when gravity is helping and gradually reduce 10 km/h uphill when gravity is fighting. Carry the downhill momentum.

You should also note driving at high torque conditions with very low revs causes extra engine ware. Your oil pressure is at its lowest under 1500rpm so you are running the risk of taking out your bearings. It's hard to get a good balance of high oil pressure for good oil protection vs fuel economy. Some cars have an electric oil pump independent from the engine rpm however these are very rare on consumer cars.

Well foot under the pedals all depends on what footwear you use. Steel toe cap safety shoes would be dangerous if your foot was under the pedals.

Which is more economical the limiter or the cruise control

Thanks!

If you let go of the gas, doesn't that introduce engine braking? Wouldn't it work better to coast on neutral/pushing clutch down? I understand slowing down gently using engine brake, when planning to do so anyway, but if you stop giving gas just to use less fuel when not intending to slow down, wouldn't engine braking negate this?

I had to get out of the car to move a dozy pigeon once 😂

Usually on a flat the lower rev the better, even if 25 in 6th. On hills and driving much faster you NEED more rpm for the power.
Although in a Cooper S I could probably do 70 mph easily at 1500 rpm if I actually had the gear ratio to do it. With 2800 rpm it will go up from 70 quite quickly if i floor it.

Didn't have my bank card money or phone signal and almost ran out of fuel from Eccleshall back to Bromyard. I was wishing i had the citroen c2 back as it uses less fuel than a mini cooper s. Ended up driving 35mph in 6th and coasting down hills with the engine switched off (not the safest but it was either that or risk having to push it miles on a public road). Would you believe it i still caught up with a granny driver! (It was when i was sending it down a hill to get up the other side on gravity instead of petrol.)
Luckily I borrowed 20 from my friend and put more fuel in.

holding a mirror to my monitor so i can learn how to drive in america. thank you for these videos!

6.45 min. Why on earth is your right foot under the brake pedal. That is really dangerous and will impede you ability to stop in an emergency.

Hey friend! There is a reason why using cruise control might not be the most economical drive, and using your foot on the gas pedal might give better economy. Cruise control will probably be more eco on the flat road, but when it comes to uphills and downhils it is not anymore. Cruise control wants to keep constant speed, and that is not the economical way of going uphill. Increasing elevation is physically the same process as the acceleration, thus, when you drive uphill you basically accelerate even though you don't change speed. Now, if your ECU insist of keeping your speed constant, it will inject much more fuel than needed to get to the top of the hill, engine will be loaded a lot and you it will use lot of fuel for that uphill run. When vehicle get on the top, it will again try to keep the same speed downhill, even though now it can increase speed with very small fuel penalty.

On the other hand if you drive by your foot and use constant accelerator pedal position, vehicle will somewhat slow down on the uphill part of the road but will use much less fuel than in the cruise control example. When it gets to downhill, it can accelerate back very easy with small amount of fuel and thus, when you combine both uphill and downhill part, you will spend much much less fuel compared to cruise control example, with very minor increase in the total time required to complete the total distance.

Nice video! for my car 1400rpm is the sweet point (volvo s40 2.0D 2004). I usually drive alone or with my young son, so I often manage to get better fuel consumption at 1200rpm, especially on small, almost flat descents. But when I take more people in the car I avoid riding below 1400rpm. On trips of about 50km at about 90km/h I can average above 4l/100 (or more than 60mpg) which is great for a 2.0. It forces me to pay more attention while driving, given that small climbs require more rpms and obviously at 1200rpm the car does not respond, in an emergency situation it may be necessary to change gears quickly. But keeping away from other cars, not going at low speed to minimize the number of times you are overtaken, avoiding overtaking other cars, being attentive and anticipe brakes with engine braking are always good tips for maintaining economical and safe driving

Good fuel economy pro tip: Have a pandemic going on, ensuring no traffic ruining your planning. PS: Love your teaching. Thank you for helping me pass my test!

When learning to drive in Sweden I was taught that accelerating quickly and skipping gears is good for fuel consumption. For example, if you're going from a standstill to 50 km/h, you would start in 1st gear, shift to 2nd as soon as possible, accelerate until 3000rpm, then shift to 4th. The rationale is that you spend less time accelerating (i.e. more time at a constant speed) and therefore use less fuel.

My hybrid Toyota Auris 2011 consistently shows me that it consumes more fuel with slow acceleration compared to quick one. Could you please comment on that?

got my car from 9-11 km/l to 13-16km/l on city driving conditions. as a student driving to school with limited gas money, this really helped me a lot. thank you so much