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Mondie
By Mondie | AA Member | 1 Post | 2 September 2011 at 11:52am

Bridgestoone / Firestone sell a tyre which they reckon saves fuel? Is this a sales gimmig or true?

jbiddle
By jbiddle | Community Member | 1657 Posts | 16 September 2011 at 2:00pm

I’m sure Bridgestone/Firestone can produce solid evidence to support their claims.

The AA has done its own (unscientific) testing with a similar type of tyre from another well known brand manufacturer and achieved a fuel saving of over 4%.

These sorts of savings are never a given however, they simply provide a potential benefit. The car still has to be driven economically.

http://www.aa.co.nz/motoring/aa-torque/motoring-blog/fuel-running-costs/10-easy-ways-to-save-fuel/