by dekloo » 19/08/11, 23:11
Hi everybody!
Here is my vision of eco-driving that I have been practicing for almost 2 years:
context:
we live in the mountains, I have a drop of 400m to do from the bottom of the valley then our job is 20-25km (highway + town).
Car used: kangoo 2 (diesel dci) and clio 2 (petrol).
We NEVER exceed 90-95km
Considering the short distance, and the traffic, it doesn't change anything in the schedules which can vary by 5 minutes: negligible.
It made us drop the cons. in addition there are lots of advantages:
It makes less noise,
it's cooler,
the risk of a serious accident is reduced, etc ...
You will tell me, yes but to go far, it sucks ...
it's true ... but you have to adapt.
We just made a round trip in the jura (350km one way) max speed: 110kmh.
Similarly, the difference in travel time did not shock us.
You just have to be stuck behind a caravan at the wrong time and your average journey quickly looks like ours;)
It's not all.
If you want to go further in eco driving you have to see further ...
For the moment petrol / diesel costs nothing! what a slab! it's given.
10KWh for 1,5 € frankly it's a gift.
But it may not last so you have to invest to prepare for the big slap. Big slap that will come very gradually to the rhythms of economic crises / recoveries.
What I do :
Each time I fill up, I scrupulously note the amount of the full.
Regularly I transfer from my current account to a specially created account, the same amount as that of the gas tanks.
Goals :
- compared to you, virtually, I already pay double the petrol. My checking account actually lives it.
- Pedagogically, I drive cooler (hence the 90km / h to go to work). I think before going down the mountain (especially to go up) I optimize my routes.
- I save money which brings me (not much), it's aside.
- when the liter is 3 €. I could stop this system. But I'm already paying this price. I'm used to it. I live with. So I adapted my lifestyle.
Are you ready for the 3 € a liter?
(we said, petrol at 10 francs, we would never let that happen ... LOL)
We. we are ready.
But the best part is that the money set aside is used for something.
I ONLY use it for work / expenses with the sole purpose of reducing energy consumption.
- I therefore paid for the insulation of the attic, the garage.
- I'm going to buy a solar water heater.
All his expenses are easy, because the money is no longer on my account. It's a bit offered by our travels.
I hope I haven't been too long ...
Good night.
0 x
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