The following tips will help you to reduce your vehicle's fuel consumption - saving you money and reducing your carbon footprint:

• Only drive your vehicle if absolutely necessary - alternative means of transport are walking, cycling, public transport or a lift club/car pool. Think twice before driving your vehicle to the local shop nearby for example.
• Service your vehicle regularly to ensure best fuel economy. Check the Owner's Manual for maintenance intervals.
• Check tyre pressures regularly (e.g. every time you fill up). Under-inflated and worn tyres increase drag on the road.
• Choose radial-ply patterns over cross-ply tyres as these patterns give less rolling resistance and last longer.
• Keep windows closed or slightly open on highways (at speeds of 80-120 km/h). Open windows cause air drag, reducing mileage by up to 10%.
• Only use the air conditioner if absolutely necessary. It reduces fuel economy by 10-20% and diminishes engine power by 6-12%.
• Reduce excess weight of the vehicle by removing any unnecessary items from inside the vehicle or it's boot.
• Try to keep loads to a minimum, over-laden vehicles are heavy on fuel.
• Be aware that roof racks, trailers and bike racks increase wind resistance and thus reduce fuel economy.
• Don't allow your fuel tank to be overfilled. Stop at the first automatic "click" of the nozzle. Overfilling results in fuel spillage.
• Avoid aggressive driving and excessive braking. Tailgating is not only unsafe, but also reduces fuel economy.
• Accelerate slowly and achieve the highest gear as soon as possible in a manual vehicle. Travelling at fast speed in low gears can use more than 45% of fuel than is needed. Don't depress the accelerator more than 1/4 of the total foot travel.
• Keep to the legal speed limit - the faster you drive, the more fuel is consumed. Travelling at 90 km/h gives you up to 21% better mileage compared to 110 km/h. Stick to around 100 - 110 km/h on the highway.
• Keep your speed constant at 60-65 km/h and avoid “stop start” driving if possible. Slowing down or speeding up wastes fuel.
• A sequence of traffic lights are usually programmed to be “green” when you pass through them, if travelling at the legal speed limit (e.g. 60 km/h), reducing your chances of having to stop.
• When approaching a hill, make sure you accelerate well before reaching it, not only when ascending it.
• Avoid excessive idling - if idling for more than one minute rather switch off the engine, if safe to do so. Idling for one minute consumes the same amount of fuel as starting the engine.
• Avoid prolonged warming up of the engine, even on cold mornings - 30 or 40 seconds is sufficient.
• Ensure there are no holes in the vehicle's exhaust.