Maintenance and care
4.
Subtractyourinitialodometerreadingfromthecurrentodometer
reading.
5.
Followoneofthesimplecalculationsinordertodeterminefuel
economy:
Multiplylitersusedby100,thendividebytotalkilometers
traveled.
Dividetotalmilestraveledbytotalgallonsused.
Keeparecordforatleastonemonthandrecordthetypeofdriving(city
orhighway).Thiswillprovideanaccurateestimateofthevehicle’sfuel
economyundercurrentdrivingconditions.Additionally,keepingrecords
duringsummerandwinterwillshowhowtemperatureimpactsfuel
economy.Ingeneral,lowertemperaturesgivelowerfueleconomy.
Driving style — good driving and fuel economy habits
Giveconsiderationtotheliststhatfollowandyoumaybeabletochange
anumberofvariablesandimproveyourfueleconomy.
Habits
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•
Smooth,moderateoperationcanyieldupto10%savingsinfuel.
Steadyspeedswithoutstoppingwillusuallygivethebestfuel
economy.
•
Idlingforlongperiodsoftime(greaterthanoneminute)maywaste
fuel.
•
•
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•
Anticipatestopping;slowingdownmayeliminatetheneedtostop.
Suddenorhardaccelerationsmayreducefueleconomy.
Slowdowngradually.
Drivingatreasonablespeeds(travelingat88km/h[55mph]uses15%
lessfuelthantravelingat105km/h[65mph]).
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Revvingtheenginebeforeturningitoffmayreducefueleconomy.
Usingtheairconditionerordefrostermayreducefueleconomy.
Youmaywanttoturnoffthespeedcontrolinhillyterrainif
unnecessaryshiftingbetweenthirdandfourthgearoccurs.
Unnecessaryshiftingofthistypecouldresultinreducedfuel
economy.
•
Warmingupavehicleoncoldmorningsisnotrequiredandmay
reducefueleconomy.
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Categories | Ford Manuals, Ford Taurus Manuals |
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Document Type | Free PDF Owner's Manual Download. |
Tags | Ford Taurus 3.0 |
Model Year | 2000 |
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Publisher | ford.com |
Wikipedia's Page | Ford Taurus |
Copyright | Attribution Non-commercial |
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