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FROM YOUR GENERAL MANAGER, Spiro Stamos jeopardized while looking for the correct
route or lane.
 Vehicle Maintenance is more important
Summer Tips  the bare metal and the animal can easily fall than you think!
for Dog Owners or slide out.  Keep the vehicle's timing and idle set
 Be sure to take extra  Watch for signs of heat stroke: vomiting, properly. Make sure the vehicle has a clean
precautions with man’s best glazed eyes and disorientation. Move the air filter. Check the battery and radiation
friend during the summer animal to a cool spot and apply ice packs to levels. If the engine needs a tune-up, it
months. Following are some its head, neck, and chest. Give it small could be wasting 15% or more of its fuel
important tips to help keep amounts of water or ice cubes and rush it to due to misfiring plugs, inefficient fuel
your dogs safe, healthy and happy in the the veterinarian. system or malfunctioning emission
summer heat: controls.
 Walk dogs only when it is cool, either early Fuel Conservation  Properly inflated tires are also important;
in the morning or late at night. To avoid  How to Conserve Energy/Fuel for Vehicle for example, if tires are 8 pounds under
burning their pads, do not walk them where Users inflated, it increases tire resistance by 5%,
it would be too hot for you to go barefoot,  One way to deal with increased gas prices is increasing fuel and tire wear.
such as sand or sidewalks. to drive less. Combine trips as much as  If wheels are just 1/4" out of alignment,
 If you have to keep the dog outside, be sure possible. Walk, ride a bicycle, use the another factor that affects rolling resistance,
there is plenty of shade and several sources transit, or share a ride with another. chalk up another 2% in fuel usage.
of water that will not tip over. You might Carpooling as little as 2 – 3 times is very  A cooling system thermostat stuck in the
even consider a small plastic pool a dog beneficial. open position causes the engine to run too
could splash in.  Slow down! Quick starts are not only hard cool and reduces engine efficiency by
 If you have a swimming pool, make sure to on the vehicle but use a lot of gas. For another 7%.
train the dog to be familiar with the location every five miles per hour, you go beyond  A car left idling for 30 seconds can
of the stairs. 55 mph, you lose about one mile per gallon. consume more gasoline than the amount
 In July, since fireworks and thunderstorms A heavy foot when the light turns green used to start the car.
can scare dogs, keep them inside with a low also guzzles gas.  For each 100 extra pounds your vehicle
playing radio.  Avoid unnecessary braking and re- carries, it increases fuel usage about one-
 NEVER keep a dog in a parked vehicle accelerating. Not only is this a waste of half mile per gallon.
when the outside temperatures are above fuel, but it also is quite dangerous to those  Use radial tires. They can improve fuel
80º. Doing so even for just a few minutes sharing the roadway with you. Pumping the economy by about one mile per gallon.
can be deadly! gas pedal or revving the engine also causes  Limit the use of your air conditioner. It
a considerable loss of fuel.
 Never travel with a dog in the back of a  Make sure in advance you know where you consumes more than a gallon of gasoline
pick-up truck. Their paws can be burned on for each tank full you burn!
are going; lost fuel, patience and safety are

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