{"id":1364,"date":"2011-12-19T11:51:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T01:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=1364"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:51:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:51:00","slug":"driving-resolutions-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/driving-resolutions-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Resolutions For 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s not quite New Year yet, but before the party mood takes all of us over and we all spend a bit of time away from the computer or go away on holiday and actually do some driving instead of just thinking about and reading about driving, here\u2019s ten New Year resolutions for drivers and car owners.
\n1.\tI will keep to the speed limit, in and out of the city. This will make sure that I won\u2019t get any speeding tickets and it will also make sure that my petrol bill is a bit lower \u2013 the faster you go, the more fuel the car burns.
\n2.\tI will keep the fluids topped up \u2013 and that means the car as well as me. Brake fluid, window wiper fluid, oil for the engine and the transmission, water in the radiator \u2013 they all need topping up to make sure that the car runs without any hitches.
\n3.\tI will clean the car out properly. Sure, my big seven-seater Mazda <\/a>has plenty of room for stowing all sorts of bits and pieces when I\u2019m not taking six other people, but all those things create excess weight, which does contribute to more fuel burn. And having a messy car\u2019s not a good look. It\u2019ll probably be a chance to find all those odd sweatshirts and biros that keep getting left in the car. And while I\u2019m at it, I\u2019ll vacuum all the dog hair off the seats and the crumbs from off the floor.
\n4.\tI will check the maintenance history for my car to make sure that the belts don\u2019t need changing this year. If they do need changing, then I\u2019ll get this done BEFORE I head away on holiday. If you don\u2019t have a maintenance history for your car, it\u2019s easy to start one. All you need is a folder (or a large pizza box \u2013 they fit quite a lot of A4 paper) of some sort to put the receipts, etc. for any work done on your vehicle.
\n5.\tI will stop idling the engine unnecessarily. OK, a bit of idling is needed when I\u2019m waiting at an intersection, but I will turn the engine off when I\u2019m waiting for the kids to put shoes on, etc. before we go out. Sure, it hurries them up a bit, but it does waste petrol. Honking the horn instead should do the trick.
\n6.\tI will rotate the tyres the way I\u2019m supposed to. Even if I only get this done on January 2nd and don\u2019t do it again for the rest of the year, it\u2019s still better than nothing and will make sure that the tyres wear more evenly. While I\u2019m at it, I\u2019ll check that the spare tyre still has a legal amount of tread and what\u2019s sitting in there isn\u2019t hopelessly worn.
\n7.\tI will check the tyre pressure regularly \u2013 fortnightly would be good. And if I\u2019m towing anything, I\u2019ll make sure that I adjust the pressure appropriately.
\n8.\tI will take the vehicle out and use the 4×4 the way it\u2019s made to. If you\u2019ve got AWD or 4×4 capacity on your vehicle, it pays to use it now and again so the mechanism doesn\u2019t seize up from disuse. And who says that all New Year resolutions shouldn\u2019t be fun?
\n9.\tI will review how I use my vehicle. It\u2019s a big, thirsty beast, so if I can walk or bike for a short trip (the experts say 2 km trips should be walked and 5 km trips should be biked), I will. The exception is the weekly trip to the supermarket, as it\u2019s a bit hard to carry the groceries to feed a family for a week home when you\u2019re walking (the supermarket\u2019s less than 2 km away) without pinching a shopping trolley.
\n10.\tI will learn how to do a few more things for vehicle maintenance myself rather than just going down to the local garage and looking like a dumb blonde. I should be able to change the oil and change the air filter myself without any bother.<\/p>\n

 
\nHappy Christmas and have a great motoring year in 2012. http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/blog-single-tg.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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