Tips to cut car costs released

By Tom Farley, Wed 16 Jul 2008 - Published in Car Insurance

Purchasers of car insurance may be interested in recent tips released on how to cut car costs during the credit crunch.

Using the tips from insurancwide.com can also help reduce car insurance costs as well.

The tips include driving more slowly and smoothly as a typical car will use 38 per cent more fuel when it drives at 70 mph than when it is at 50 mph. Avoiding rapid acceleration and deceleration can also help reduce costs.

Having a heavy car can also increase petrol consumption, according to insurancwide.com every 50 kg increases consumption by two per cent and having an empty ski box on the roof can increase consumption by 20 per cent when a car is driving at 70 mph.

Cars with CO2 emissions of less than 100g/km don't have to pay car tax and other cars with more energy efficient engines face lower tax costs.

Finally, the insurance company suggests shopping around on comparison websites, like comparenow.com, in order to find the best car insurance price.

Greener cars include vehicles which use biofuel or liquid petroleum gas, electric cars and hybrid cars.

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