Chapter One

Background on Fuel Economy

Fuel economy refers to how stingy an automobile is with fuel when it is driven. Many factors affect fuel economy. The following is a list of the more important ones:

• factor 1 (see book for description)
• factor 2 (see book for description)
• factor 3 (see book for description)
• factor 4 (see book for description)
• factor 5 (see book for description)
• factor 6 (see book for description)
• factor 7 (see book for description)
• factor 8 (see book for description)
• factor 9 (see book for description)
• factor 10 (see book for description)
• factor 11 (see book for description)
• factor 12 (see book for description)
• factor 13 (see book for description)
• factor 14 (see book for description)
• factor 15 (see book for description)
• factor 16 (see book for description)
• factor 17 (see book for description)
• factor 18 (see book for description)
• factor 19 (see book for description)
• factor 20 (see book for description)
• factor 21 (see book for description)
• factor 22 (see book for description)
• factor 23 (see book for description)
• factor 24 (see book for description)
• factor 25 (see book for description)
• factor 26 (see book for description)
• factor 27 (see book for description)
• factor 28 (see book for description)
• factor 29 (see book for description)
• factor 30 (see book for description)
• factor 31 (see book for description)
• factor 32 (see book for description)
• factor 33 (see book for description)

Any device, driving technique, tip, etc. that actually reduces the fuel consuming aspects of one or more of these variables will improve fuel economy.

And there is much room for improvement in the fuel economy of the automobile. The current world's record stands at 6,409 miles on 1 gallon of gasoline.

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