1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: So, yeah, a lot of traffic on the roads, if 2 00:00:01,960 --> 00:00:04,720 Speaker 1: that includes yourself, give them the price of gas at 3 00:00:04,760 --> 00:00:06,720 Speaker 1: the moment. We really want to get the most out 4 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: of our tanks, So how do we do it? Ryan 5 00:00:08,600 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 1: Boss is an advisor with the Automobile Association. The AA. 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 1: Caught up with him and he said, the big thing, 7 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 1: luke is to drive smooth. I asked, what do you 8 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 1: mean by that? 9 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 2: So it means like opening up the gap between you 10 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 2: and the vehicle in front of you. This allows you 11 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:29,520 Speaker 2: to anticipate what they're doing and allows you to slow 12 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 2: down without using the brake. 13 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,200 Speaker 1: Wait, hold on second, does using the brake use gas? 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,000 Speaker 2: Not necessarily use gas, but it will mean that you 15 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 2: have also avoid accelerating on the other end. So if 16 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: the ercle in front slows down, you know, and you 17 00:00:45,440 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 2: put your foot on the brake, you're going to have 18 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 2: to accelerate out the other end. But if you just 19 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 2: ease off the accelerator, let the furcles momentum take you 20 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 2: a little further, then you won't need to accelerate at 21 00:00:55,640 --> 00:01:00,040 Speaker 2: hard on the other end. So it's all about smoothness 22 00:01:00,080 --> 00:01:00,920 Speaker 2: and things like that. 23 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: Just talk about going easy on the air conditioner or 24 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 1: making sure our ties are the right PreCure. Does all 25 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:09,479 Speaker 1: that stuff make a tangible difference, you reckon? 26 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: I believe it does, yes, especially if you combine these 27 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: things together. Some shin can increase by thirteen percent of 28 00:01:18,640 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: the air con on. This is mostly an idle traffic, 29 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 2: you know, when you're kind of sitting there, so around town, 30 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: Like if you're in traffic, or if you're around town 31 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 2: and the vehicles idling quite a lot, maybe turn the 32 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:33,680 Speaker 2: air con off and put the windows down if you 33 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 2: need cool air when you're on the open road. It's different. 34 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: Vehicles are more efficient than they used to be, so 35 00:01:41,680 --> 00:01:44,480 Speaker 2: rather than having the windows down, which creates drags, tend 36 00:01:44,520 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 2: the air con on. And above all, safety is important. 37 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: So if you need to d miss your windows so 38 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 2: that you can see where you're going, definitely use the 39 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 2: air con. 40 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a priority. Yeah. The old sitting in traffic 41 00:01:57,800 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: thing is probably going to ring true on the Monday, 42 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 1: when everybody's trying to get back into a shperson and 43 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,080 Speaker 1: we've still got our single bridge. That's when we're going 44 00:02:04,120 --> 00:02:06,040 Speaker 1: to be sitting idle for a while, and it's worth 45 00:02:06,040 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: turning the eck on off. 46 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 2: A Yeah, absolutely. 47 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,639 Speaker 1: Is there anything else that's on your handy list. Yep. 48 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 2: So checking your tire pressure is really important, especially if 49 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 2: your vehicle is fully loaded or you do have a trailer. 50 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:22,600 Speaker 1: How do we know what the correct pressure is? Is 51 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: there a way of telling? 52 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,280 Speaker 2: Yeah? So on most cards, it will be either on 53 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:30,880 Speaker 2: the fuel filler flap, the door collar, or in the 54 00:02:30,919 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 2: owner's manual. And it's actually sometimes two figures, So there's 55 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 2: a figure for a vehicle is partly loaded and fully loaded. 56 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,040 Speaker 2: Is fully loaded, it'll be a slightly higher pressure and 57 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: that will help make sure that your fuel savings go further. 58 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 1: Oh really, so the more weight you've got, the more 59 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: pressure you want. Yes, Rah, I always thought it was 60 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: the opposite. 61 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: No, no, it's not. 62 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: Cruise control can that help. 63 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:01,600 Speaker 2: Depends on how it's used. So it does help promote 64 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: smoother driving, so lest using the brakes and things like that, 65 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: and vehicles these days they also can lock onto the 66 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 2: vehicle in front of you, so rather than you know, 67 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 2: you kind of focusing on how far away you up 68 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 2: in the vehicle. 69 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:22,239 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I find with that adaptive cruise you've got 70 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 1: to be careful when you're jumping a vehicle that doesn't 71 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:26,760 Speaker 1: have it and you're just you're driving along and all 72 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:28,840 Speaker 1: of a sudden, all they're getting closer and closer. Oh, 73 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:30,040 Speaker 1: I've actually got to push the brake. 74 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: Absolutely, you should always you should always never fully trust 75 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 2: these things that always be fully control of the vehicle. 76 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: You know what about We're fortunate to drive a modern 77 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 1: vehicle and here's the equivalent of the I stop and 78 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: it drives me berserk rhyme. When I pull up to 79 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,839 Speaker 1: traffic lights and then the engine shuts off. Does it 80 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,120 Speaker 1: actually deliver fuel savings? 81 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:58,920 Speaker 2: So it can? According to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation 82 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:03,720 Speaker 2: Authority ECA, we're in a vehicle stationary, this can stay 83 00:04:03,800 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: between four to ten percent on fuel. So in traffic, 84 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 2: yes it does. 85 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: Does it We're down the starter motor though, no, no miss. 86 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: So these vehicles that have this functionality have more robust 87 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,520 Speaker 2: data motors and things like that, so they have manufactured 88 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 2: have thought about this, and so a lot of these 89 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 2: vehicles do actually make accountabilities for. 90 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 1: Vehicles designed for it to work. Well, maybe it's something 91 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: I do need to stop switching off. Interesting and final question, 92 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: as we're embarking on our trip this weekend, if I'm 93 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 1: sitting there driving past these gas stations, thinking oh, I 94 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: can't bring myself to fill up and I start running 95 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:51,680 Speaker 1: with the red light. Does your AA roadside assist cover 96 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:52,720 Speaker 1: running out of gas? 97 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,800 Speaker 2: Yes, it does, so if you have any we do. 98 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,359 Speaker 2: We do have this. So if you have an AM membership, 99 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:05,560 Speaker 2: we do. We do provide call out service all this. 100 00:05:06,040 --> 00:05:08,760 Speaker 2: The call out itself is free, but you will need 101 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 2: to pay for the fuel that we provide, so it'll 102 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 2: be enough to get you to a service station where 103 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 2: you can fill up. And so, yeah, it's important not 104 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 2: to take those risks. I know that people use apps 105 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 2: to locate cheaper fuel weeks that some pegal stations have 106 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 2: run out of fuel temporarily. So not to take those 107 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,720 Speaker 2: risks and fill up when you can. But definitely, you know, 108 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: try to take advantage of some of these apps and 109 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,720 Speaker 2: find cheaper fuel. I think that's going to help a 110 00:05:41,760 --> 00:05:42,640 Speaker 2: lot of people as well. 111 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: True, trying to get through the Linda's Pass, thinking terrace 112 00:05:45,720 --> 00:05:49,600 Speaker 1: is just around the corner, pull up a terrace, no gas. Well, 113 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,919 Speaker 1: at least you got my back. I'm sure I'm not 114 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: the only one who may get caught out this long weekend. 115 00:05:56,640 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: Thank goodness for the service, Hey, and chairs for your chair. 116 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 1: Ryan Boss, Happy Easter. 117 00:06:03,240 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 2: Same to you, luke I. Hope you have a good one.