{"id":1112,"date":"2015-03-20T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.booktheorytesttoday.com\/?p=1112"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T19:08:29","slug":"from-the-mouth-of-martin-top-tips-to-slash-the-cost-of-motoring-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/from-the-mouth-of-martin-top-tips-to-slash-the-cost-of-motoring-8\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Mouth of Martin: Top Tips to Slash the Cost of Motoring – #8"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strap yourselves in wannabe petrol heads. With the help of money saving expert, Martin Lewis, Book Theory Test Today is hitting the road with 50 top tips that will cut your motoring costs. Tune in each & every week for a new tip and remember to share with friends and family and slash the cost of motoring.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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This week we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re looking at the mess in your car. Did you know? The junk you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re keeping in your car boot adds to the vehicle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s weight, leading to higher fuel consumption and spending more on refuelling.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cut the cost of motoring tip #8 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c De-clutter your vehicle to cut fuel costs<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Book Theory Test Today<\/strong><\/a> says: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153That heavy duty stereo system, is it necessary? That junk you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been trying to take to the tip for a week, why is it still there? They say losing weight is a good thing, and this is true for your car. The lighter your motor is, the less fuel it consumes as a result of losing excess weight.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

However, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just de-cluttering your car that will help cut the cost of motoring. Here are some other practical tips for you to follow to slash your fuel costs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Inflate your tyres properly<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tyres with low pressure add to the drag on a car, making your vehicle more \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcthirsty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. You can make fuel last longer by ensuring that your tyre pressures are correct. It costs nothing to inflate your tyres at your local fuelling station. Use your vehicle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manual to identify the correct PSI level for your tyres.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    1. De-clutter your vehicle<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Anything that adds weight to your car means that it will be guzzling more fuel. Get rid of the unnecessary weight in your motor because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s cranking up the cost of motoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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      1. Remove the roof rack <\/strong>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c Leaving a roof rack on when it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not in use is just plain laziness. If you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re driving around with it on while it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s empty, your greatly increasing wind resistance, adding drag to your vehicle and ultimately, making the engine work harder. More significantly, the cost of motoring will go through the roof, pardon the pun.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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        1. Switch off the air-conditioning<\/strong> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s little known to motorists that having the air-con on massively increases fuel consumption. Simply having it on decreases fuel efficiency by a whopping 8%. To keep the cost of motoring down, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actually better to drive with the windows down and the air-con off at lower speeds.The only time it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s better to have the air-con on is when you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re on the motorway, as having the window down at high speed does increase the drag.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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          1. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t fill the tank – <\/strong>A strange one, yes. However, fuel adds weight and therefore, less is better and it improves your vehicle\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s efficiency. If you fill up slightly more often and put less in (say \u00c2\u00bd or \u00c2\u00be of a tank) your car will be more efficient and will cut the cost of motoring.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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            Strap yourselves in wannabe petrol heads. With the help of money saving expert, Martin Lewis, Book Theory Test Today is hitting the road with 50 top tips that will cut your motoring costs. Tune in each & every week for a new tip and remember to share with friends and family and slash the cost […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[111,158,117,174,160,221,126],"class_list":["post-1112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-advice","tag-book-theory-test-today-2","tag-book-your-theory-test","tag-book-your-theory-test-online","tag-book-your-theory-test-online-today","tag-cost-of-motoring","tag-fuel-costs","tag-uk-theory-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.booktheorytesttoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}