RV FEATURE
REDUCE YOUR FUEL COSTS
STAY A LITTLE BIT LONGER
The beauty of travelling full time means we're in
no rush. If we love a place or our set budget is
running low for the week, we will just stay put a
little longer and enjoy ourselves
DISCOUNT RECEIPTS
Another essential we all need to buy, whether
travelling or not, is food and groceries. We try to
shop at big-name supermarkets where possible
as very often their receipts offer a few cents off
per litre. We have also found a few information
centres that have ‘cents off per litre’ discount
cards for their local fuel retailers.
FUEL APPS
Fuel apps are great. They give you recent prices
of fuel at all nearby bowsers. Recently, there were
two service stations within 100m of each other
with a $0.15/L difference! Without the fuel app
we wouldn’t have known the cheaper option
was there until it was too late. We use ‘Fuel App
Australia’.
MAINTAIN A CONSTANT SPEED
Driving at a constant speed is easy on long
outback roads or open highways. We generally
stick to about 90km/h when towing the van.
This improves our fuel consumption slightly in
comparison to driving at 100km/h and also
makes us feel safer.
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CHECK TYRE PRESSURES
Tyre pressures can have an impact on your fuel
efficiency. Checking your tyre pressures is such
an easy chore and can save you money at the
fuel pump (as well as many other problems!).
According to the US Department of Energy,
“every one PSI drop of tyre pressure in all four
tyres under the recommended number, fuel
mileage can worsen by 0.3 per cent”.
LOAD UP THE JERRYS
If you know you're heading away from a larger
town or city for a while, stock up on some extra
fuel when you find a good price.
LIGHTEN THE LOAD
We need to follow our own advice here but
getting rid of unnecessary baggage can help
improve your fuel consumption. A loaded roof
rack will decrease fuel economy even more.
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