Gas costs are all over the news right now. With the prices of gasoline so high, a wheelchair van may seem like an expensive investment. These vans, however, get good mileage; comparable with the vehicles that they're converted from. You can make sure you get the most mileage out of your wheelchair accessible van by adhering to some basic driving tips.
Stop and Go
Handicap vans can take off and slow down as well as any of the other vehicles on the road. If you want to save gas, however, make sure that you do both smoothly. When you floor the vehicle to take off, you'd be surprised to see how much gas you actually burn. When you slow down to smooth stops, it tends to help reduce wear on the breaks, which means that you'll be able to lessen the cost of changing and servicing them.
Servicing
Make sure you bring your vehicle to a full service provider when you have it looked at. This means the dealership must be able to take care of the vehicle's regular components as well as the parts of the vehicle that are specifically related to accessibility.
Where regular service is concerned, simple things like keeping the vehicle lubricated and getting the oil changed go a long way toward giving you the best gas mileage. Make sure that you keep good tires on the vehicle, as well, and that they're properly inflated. These little things add up and, if you have a full-sized van or pickup, they can make your mileage much better than you might expect for such a vehicle.
A handicap accessible van can be a very efficient vehicle, provided that you maintain it correctly and drive sensibly when you take it out on the roads.
No comments:
Post a Comment