Almost every person who has owned a car will tell you that gas mileage is important to them. The better your fuel economy is, the less money you’ll have to spend on gas. And gas, of course, can be a very prevalent expense. There are some myths surrounding fuel economy and gas mileage and it would be better for you if they were debunked.
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Myth: Only small cars get good gas mileage
This has been disproved time and time again. Hybrid and direct injection engines have made it possible for larger cars and SUVs to be just as efficient. For example, the hybrid Kia Niro averages upwards of 50 mpg. In fact, for the 2019 model year, half of the top ten most efficient vehicles are either midsized or large cars.
Myth: Manual transmissions are better for your fuel economy
This is no longer necessarily true. Advances in automatic transmission technology allow for much better efficiency numbers. On almost every new vehicle, an automatic transmission contributes to the same fuel economy as a manual one.
Myth: It takes more gas to start than it does to idle
You may have heard that starting your car uses extra gasoline and you’d be better off to let your car idle for a bit instead of stopping and starting it. That’s not true. When your engine idles, it is literally wasting gasoline. Unless you drive a hybrid, an idling engine is just using up gas without going anywhere. That’s about as inefficient as it gets. Try to avoid idling as much as possible.
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