Category Archives: Driving Tips

Navigator…. Not the big-ass Lincoln.  Be a navigator like there used to be in planes or ships.  (Computers took over).  They were the guys sitting behind the captain,  with the charts and their slide-rules, who figured out how fast to

Idle hands are the devils playground. Or something like that.  Bad enough we have to sit at those, too long traffic lights, but we don’t have to sit idly by idling in front of stores, or warming up the car

Mind your f#@king business. Rubber-necking is not the kind of necking to do in a car.  At least half of traffic, other than rush-hour, is due to rubber-necking.  You know, the “Oooooooo, What’s That Over There” phenomenon when nosey people

Kind of a drag. Air conditioning is kind of a drag on your engine.  If you live a few traffic lights before you get onto a highway for your commute, keep the A/C off until you get up to speed

Lane Hogs. These are the pigs who will take up a whole lane when doing so affects a whole line behind them wanting to make a right turn on red.  There’s nothing worse than being in a Right on Red

Courtesy. I know, I know, what will this do?.  Well, . . . . I’ll tell you.  When you’re behind some dope driving just far enough left and just slow enough to prevent you from passing. When you finally get

Remember, wherever you go……there you are! There you are, on the same road, day after day.  Remember the light sequences.  Some lights turn green, just to have the next one turn red, before you get there.  NO MATTER how fast

Cruisin………on a Sunday Afternoon. Cruise control is the greatest gas saving tool other than what’s between your ears (not just air).  On a average level roadway,  like the Garden State Parkway, even at 65 MPH, in a fully loaded GMC

Computers.   If you have one of those new fangled, fancy, trip computers in your car or SUV, use it.  Set it to the Average MPG setting and reset it at the start of a Fill-up.  Now watch it.  See how

Gravity is your friend! If you live and drive in a hilly area, here’s a thought, roll down the hill and let inertia (otherwise known as momentum) help you up the next hill. (Huh Huh…..he said Mo).  There’s nothing dumber