A zero-cost way to knock 10-20% off your fuel bill

Take an egg for a drive

Note: This Green Ideas first ran a few years ago, but $2/litre gas prices made me think it was worth sharing again.

If you’re an average driver, here’s a simple, zero-cost way to improve your gas mileage by 10-20%: the next time you go for a drive, take an egg and tape it under the toe of your right shoe.  Then try to get where you’re going without breaking the egg. 

It’s a simple trick that will produce significant savings, guaranteed.

Here’s why.  Much fuel is consumed when we speed up aggressively, and we waste our hard-won momentum when we jump on the brakes aggressively.  It’s well documented that gentle starts and gentle stops can save the average driver 10-20%.  That’s like driving over a month for free every year.

So strap on an egg the next time you get behind the wheel of a car, truck, bus or anything else, and get ready to save.  And if you happen not to have one with you, good news: it works with imaginary eggs too!