BP can help you
improve your commute
through insights about how you
drive and maintain your car
Through simple adjustments, you can help increase your mileage,
reduce your stress, and help prevent the need for costly repairs.
- A clean engine burns fuel more efficiently. And BP gasoline with Invigorate helps clean critical engine parts. With continuous use, it can even help restore some of the fuel economy your dirty engine parts were stealing.
- Invigorate is a unique additive formula used in all grades of BP gasoline. With continuous use, BP gasoline with Invigorate helps clean critical engine parts and protect engines from deposits, sludge and corrosion.
- BP gasoline with Invigorate fights performance-robbing deposits on intake valves and fuel injectors. With continuous use, BP gasoline with Invigorate can help your new car retain more of its new car performance—and your old car can get some of it back.
- Give your car regular washes to help protect it from body damage caused by heat, bugs, emissions, salt and even the effects of time. And to help keep critical engine parts clean, use BP gasoline with Invigorate.
- Inflate your tires to the correct psi. Not only will properly inflated tires improve your gas mileage, but they'll also last longer and give you a safer drive.*
- Tape over cracks in your taillight or turn-signal covers using the red or orange tape that you can find at automotive stores. It's a short-term fix, but it can prevent water from entering your light compartment and causing serious damage.
- Run your car's air-conditioning system a few times in the winter. This step helps prevent moving parts in the compressor from seizing, and circulating the refrigerant helps keep the seals from hardening.
- Don't attempt to warm your engine by letting it idle. Operating your engine below its peak temperature can cause oil contamination, incomplete fuel combustion, soot deposits on cylinder walls, and damaged components.
- Remove unnecessary items from your trunk. If you have a removable roof rack that's never used, take it off. These two steps can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.*
- Accelerate slowly when you begin your drive. Most of the wear to your engine and drive train happens during the first 10 to 20 minutes of operation.
- Lessen the strain on your engine and automatic transmission by shifting to neutral at red lights. Otherwise, the engine is still working to push the car even while it's stopped.
- Gas mileage usually decreases at speeds over 60 mph. So observing the speed limit can save on gas—and speeding tickets. Use your cruise control on long trips to keep your speed in check.*
- Turn off the car when it's safe to do so. It's better to turn off the engine and restart a few minutes later than to burn fuel while idling.
- Don't hold your steering wheel to the extreme right or left position for more than a few seconds. Doing so can damage the power-steering pump.
*According to FuelEconomy.gov
Tips
- Tape over cracks in your taillight or turn-signal covers using the red or orange tape that you can find at automotive stores. It's a short-term fix, but it can prevent water from entering your light compartment and causing serious damage.
- Run your car's air-conditioning system a few times in the winter. This step prevents moving parts in the compressor from seizing, and circulating the refrigerant helps keep the seals from hardening.
- Turn off the car when it's safe to do so. It's better to turn off the engine and restart a few minutes later than to burn fuel while idling.
