Eco Driving

So I'm an aggressive London driver to my core, but having just bought a new car because my little Hyundai was crying out for retirement I'm having to rethink this.  I love zipping around and finding shortcuts through alleyways and over gardens...kiding! But my lovely shiny new car really deserves care and attention and besides I want to keep her looking flawless for as long as possible.

So my boy racer days are over for now.  First because of the afore mentioned and secondly because I've been thinking further about Project Gas Tank, and having got a "crossover" this time around, I want to not only discover what I can within a gas tank's journey but I want to extend that journey as far as possible.

So for the first time in my life and for the first time on my first tank of gas I'm going to Eco Drive.  I've done a little research and my new (and completely annoying to people like my previous self) style of driving will include:

1. Not leaving the car idling with the A/C on for 30 minutes at a time while I listen to the end of "This American Life" outside my house.
2. Not breaking hard except in emergencies.
3. Not accelerating obnoxiously fast off the light (phew that one's going to be tough.)
4. Driving no faster than 60 mph on the freeway (the toughest! I'm an 85er for sure and might fall over going that slow.)
and
5. To help me not speed over 60 mph, use the cruise control (for those people who past their test in an automatic not a manual!)

I don't have a trip planned for this week but I do have to work out in Oxnard tomorrow so if I discover any place interesting (unlikely) I'll post it.  That's if I can get there and back in a day doing only 60!!