How to save fuel while driving an automatic car

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How To Save Fuel While Driving An Automatic Car?
Driving an automatic vehicle is extremely easy
and convenient, but one of the things people
tend to forget often is that an automatic
vehicle does consume a lot of gas or fuel. While
the process of not shifting gears when you are
driving can be extremely comfortable and easy to
get used to, there are other concerns about
driving an automatic vehicle. 
Not only are automatic significantly more
expensive than regular manual transmission cars,
but they also consume more fuel than manual
transmission cars. But with this being said, it
no way takes away the positives from automatic
transmission cars. Every automatic car must know
of these certain tips and tricks to conserve fuel
and increase the gas efficiency of their
automatic cars.
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When you join a reputed driving school
like National Driving School in Dublin, you will
be asked to choose what type of vehicle you want
to learn how to drive. While this choice mostly
relies on what type of vehicle you have back home
or what type of vehicle you want to buy, National
Driving School offers the opportunity to learn
both types of transmission so that the aspiring
driver is well prepared to tackle any type of
driving situation.
The driving instructors at National Driving
School are well trained in both manual as well as
automatic cars and are also ADI approved, which
gives the students peace of mind and satisfaction
that they are in fact learning from the best.
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How can I save fuel when I am driving my
automatic transmission car?
Along with the comforts of owning and driving an
automatic car, you must most importantly be
equipped with the information which will help
you conserve fuel when you are driving your
car. Given below are some pointers you must keep
in mind if you want to conserve fuel while
driving your automatic transmission car
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Maintain a constant momentum
This is almost common sense, but has a huge
scientific reason for this too. According to one
of the Newtons laws of motion, a body in motion
will stay in motion unless an external force
acts upon it. The more constant the momentum
is, the more distance will be covered by the car
without expending extra fuel, hence save more
fuel in return!
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• Do not constantly press on the brake

You must avoid doing this at all costs, no matter
how lightly you press on the brake. When you
constantly press on the brake, the car
experiences a constant drag which causes a lot of
unnecessary friction and ultimately, a lot of
fuel loss. Also if you keep doing this, then you
will also kill the quality of your brakes for
suture use.

• Make sure the tyres of the car are properly
  inflated

The tyres of your car are the only part which
actually come in contact with the road. If the
tyres of your car are not properly inflated. Not
having your tyres properly inflated also causes
your car to drag and consume more fuel than it
needs to. If you want your automatic transmission
car to be fuel efficient, you must ensure that
all the tyres of your vehicle have been inflated
the right way.
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• Try to buy gas/fuel when it is cool

This is a smart one. As you may know from
studying about this in school, liquids tend to
expand when they has hot. For this reason, make
sure you are always filling gas in your vehicle
when it is cooler, preferably during the morning
or the evening.

• Cruise as much as you can

It is in the nature of automatic vehicles to
cruise. So it is a good idea to use this peculiar
trait in your favour. When you cruise, you are
not braking the car unnecessarily and not
accelerating either, but just following the
natural flow of the vehicle. You maintain
momentum and in turn, save fuel!
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• Be aware of driving surfaces

Your car is most likely to slip on wet and
frictionless surfaces. And every single time your
vehicle loses control, you end up losing mileage
on your fuel, which means that you spend more
fuel than required. You must be very careful
about where you choose to drive your car because
not only will you waste fuel, but you can also
get seriously injured while driving your car in
such tricky terrains.

• Maintain your vehicle

It is in the nature of automatic vehicles to
cruise. So it is a good idea to use this peculiar
trait in your favour. When you cruise, you are
not braking the car unnecessarily and not
accelerating either, but just following the
natural flow of the vehicle. You maintain
momentum and in turn, save fuel!
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