There are several good reasons to keep your tyres fully pumped. Unfortunately, saving massively on fuel isn't one of them
A modern radial tyre with 25 per cent of the air let out of it looks like
You can produce 240-volt (AC) electricity fairly easily, using a device called a static inverter.
Smaller units plug into a conventional cigarette lighter socket - suitable for charging mobile telephone, cameras, camcorders and PDAs. Larger units need to be hard-wired into the car's electrical system.
Selecting an inverter usually depends on what you want to do with it. Inverters are rated in watts (W).
Oil prices are where manic-depression and dollar signs collide.
We should all be thanking our lucky stars that the Aussie dollar has surged against the Greenback – because it’s the only thing standing between us and paying about $1.60 a litre for petrol.
Luxuriating in this commercially insulated cocoon could be ill-advised; prices are going north some time soon. The specific question is: When? Diesel could well lead the charge, if the Chinese and other Asian economies continue to inflate. (There’s an unpleasant thought.)
Remember when the world economy was
Opting out of the peak-hour grind is a great way to save fuel. Unfortunately many workers just can't swing it
If you can avoid peak-hour traffic, sideline those ignition keys. The dreaded ‘linear car park’ between home and office is a huge threat to air quality – and 53 per cent of all passenger vehicle travel in Australia occurs in capital cities, plus another 18 per cent in
How you drive in traffic makes a huge difference to your fuel consumption
Potential Fuel Saving: up to 40 per centThis is where the calm, go-with-flow driver wins big-time, while the alpha male with rabies really is the biggest loser.