You can maximise your fuel efficiency by shifting to the right gear at the right time, but a caveat to that is shifting gears too often is not good either. Shift smoothly, every time you jerk you stress your mechanicals (and your passengers) that much more.
Make sure you dont press the pedal any more than 25% of its full travel at any time, unless your vehicle does not have enough torque as you start off from a lower speed. Get into 'cruise' mode - i.e. 60~70kmph in 5th when you get the opportunity. |