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With gasoline prices increasing all over the United States, this topic becomes burning hot in the country, too. Finally Americans linked up with the rest of the planet in a desire to save some gasoline. Here are some tips from the former car engine designer that can help you to achieve best gas mileage.

- Use landscape to your benefit. If road goes up and down, don’t try to maintain constant speed. Let your vehicle speed up down the hill, so its inertia will help it climb up the next hill, and let the speed decrease slightly while you are going up. Of course you have to coordinate this with the traffic flow, so other drivers don’t get mad at you.

- Consider not going above 60-65 MPH. At those speeds and higher, the highest gasoline consumer is aerodynamic drag, and it is relative to the square of your speed.

- Carpool if possible. Yes, it is tiresome sometimes, but this is the unsurpassed way to save on your daily commute.

- Don’t overuse brakes. The more you brake, the more you have to speed up later, and this costs you more in the end. If possible you want to speed up once, and then drive at the even speed unti you arrive at destination. Of course ideal is not achievable, however the closer you get, the more gas you save.

- Remove your bicycle or ski rack when you don’t need it. It’s not only weight that affects your fuel economy; it’s windage mostly.

All these tips will not turn your gas guzzler into a 40 MPG compact car, but they will help you to achieve best gas mileage possible in your current situation.