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SAFETY TIPS FUEL TIPS SMART SAVING TIPS Tips to DECREASE Your Car’s Depreciation COST SAVING DRIVE MORE EFFICIENTLY • Drive Sensibly : Aggressive driving (speeding, rapid acceleration and braking) wastes fuel. It can lower your fuel mileage by 33 percent at highway speeds and by 5 percent around town. • Observe the Speed Limit : While each vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed (or range of speeds), fuel mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 80 km/h. Observing the speed limit is also safer. Depreciation is the difference between the amount you spend when you buy a car and the amount you could get back when you sell or trade it in. Although you can’t prevent your car from depreciating (i.e sell it for the same price you bought it), you can try minimizing your car depreciation with these tips:- ? It takes glass one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! • Remove Excess Weight: Avoid keeping unnecessary items in your vehicle, especially heavy ones. • Avoid Excessive Idling: Idling can use a quarter to a half gallon of fuel per hour, depending on engine size and air conditioner (AC) use. Turn off your engine when your vehicle is parked. • Use Cruise Control: Using cruise control on the highway helps you maintain a constant speed and, in most cases, will save fuel. KEEPING YOUR CAR IN SHAPE • Buy a car with neutral external colours such as black, white and silver. These colours will most likely still be popular in a couple of years and will therefore sell for more. • Buy a car with safety and comfort features such as central locking, alloy wheels, a CD/MP3 player, navigation equipment, parking assistance and anti-lock braking system. Useful features improve resale value. ? Gold is the only metal that doesn’t rust, even if it’s buried in the ground for thousands of years. • Keep Your Engine Properly Tuned: Fixing a car that is noticeably out of tune or has failed an emissions test can improve its fuel mileage by an average of 4 percent, though results vary based on the kind of repair and how well it is done. • Keep Tyres Properly Inflated: You can improve your fuel mileage by up to 3.3 percent by keeping your tyres inflated to the proper pressure. Under-inflated tyres can lower fuel mileage by 0.3 percent for every 1 psi drop in pressure of all four tyres. Properly inflated tires are safer and last longer. Extracted from http://www.fueleconomy.gov • Buy a car that has good fuel economy. With most people fearing a rise in the price of petrol, they will look for a more fuel-efficient car. • Keep your car clean and well serviced. You will get better resale value if your car is well kept. • Try keeping your mileage as low as possible, because this will also increase the resale value of the car. • Park your car in a garage and consider buying a cover for protection. A well-maintained car will sell for more. Extracted from Savemoney Magazine, September 2013 ? Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end. 21 KEMBARA PLUS ONLINE OCTOBER 2013 22 KEMBARA PLUS ONLINE OCTOBER 2013 22 KEMBARA PLUS ONLINE OCTOBER 2013
SAFETY TIPS WOW BERJAYA KURANGKAN ADUAN KEGIATAN PENIPUAN TRAK TUNDA DAN BENGKEL SECARA MENDADAK Perkhidmatan Bengkel Bergerak ‘Workshop on Wheels’ atau WOW yang diperkenalkan oleh PLUS hampir setahun lalu berjaya mengurangkan aduan tentang kegiatan penipuan oleh trak tunda dan bengkel yang tidak bertanggung jawab. Pengarah Urusan PLUS, Dato’ Noorizah Hj Abd Hamid berkata, “Penubuhan perkhidmatan bengkel bergerak WOW adalah merupakan inisiatif PLUS untuk mengelakkan pengguna lebuh raya terus menjadi mangsa syarikat trak tunda atau bengkel yang tidak bertanggung jawab. Setelah hampir setahun perkhidmatan ini diperkenalkan, kita dapat melihat ia memberi kesan yang amat positif di mana jumlah aduan yang diterima berhubung kegiatan penipuan trak tunda dan bengkel turun secara mendadak.” Sebelum WOW diperkenalkan, PLUS menerima kira-kira 42 aduan di antara tahun 2011 hingga September 2012 berhubung kegiatan penipuan trak tunda dan bengkel yang tidak bertanggung jawab. Setelah WOW diperkenalkan pada Oktober tahun lalu, hanya 5 aduan diterima setakat ini. “Bagi menjayakan WOW, PLUS telah berkolaborasi dengan pihak AAM untuk sama-sama menangani masalah ini. Pihak AAM telah melantik bengkel-bengkel panel mereka untuk menyediakan perkhidmatan bengkel bergerak di lebuh raya,” jelas Noorizah. Secara ringkasnya, perkhidmatan yang diberikan oleh WOW adalah percuma. Tetapi, pengguna perlu membayar caj alat ganti kenderaan yang dikenakan oleh WOW. Terdapat 17 pasukan WOW yang beroperasi 24-jam di sepanjang Lebuhraya Utara-Selatan, Jambatan Pulau Pinang dan Lebuhraya Linkedua ketika ini. BAGAIMANA BANTUAN WOW DIBERIKAN? 1) Pengguna yang mengalami kerosakan kenderaan menghubungi Pusat Kawalan Trafik PLUS menggunakan talian PLUSLine 1800 88 0000 atau menggunakan telefon kecemasan lebuh raya 2) Pasukan PLUSRonda tiba dan beri bantuan 3) Jika kerosakan tidak dapat dibaiki, PLUSRonda akan memaklumkan Pusat Kawalan Trafik 4) Pusat Kawalan Trafik menghubungi WOW 5) WOW tiba ke lokasi dan membaiki kerosakan Pasukan WOW menyediakan perkhidmatan membaiki dan menukar alat ganti kenderaan seperti bateri kereta, radiator, kipas dan lain-lain dengan caj yang berpatutan. Semua kerja-kerja ini akan dikendalikan di lokasi selamat di lebuh raya tanpa perlu keluar dari kawasan lebuh raya dan membayar kos tundaan. Namun begitu, jika kerosakan tersebut memerlukan perkhidmatan membaiki yang lebih rumit, kenderaan mungkin perlu ditunda ke bengkel WOW di luar kawasan lebuh raya. Walau bagaimanapun, sekiranya pengguna masih mahu menghantar kenderaan mereka ke bengkel pilihan masing-masing, mereka boleh berbuat demikian dan kos ditanggung oleh pengguna itu sendiri. ”Bagi mengelakkan kekeliruan dan menimbulkan keraguan kepada pengguna, caj menukar alat ganti kenderaan dipaparkan dengan jelas pada kenderaan WOW untuk pengguna membuat penilaian sendiri,” kata Noorizah.
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