Chauffeurs Moods Can Affect Limo Hire Fuel

The limousine hire industry is one of the hardest hit by the seemingly endless rise in fuel prices. Driving is their business and while the rest of us simply give that weekend drive in the country a miss every few weeks, the limo hire companies must keep their limos on the road.

However, this doesn’t mean that they aren’t still looking just as hard as we are for a way to use less fuel in their limousines. We all know that the bigger the car the more fuel it uses, this is why many of the larger authentic 4WDs run on diesel not petrol as it is more fuel efficient. So with limousines getting bigger and stretched longer by the minute, fuel consumption is a big issue for the limo hire companies.

Therefore, there are many people and ‘businesses’ who are trying to market fuel saving devices to the limo hire companies and drivers in general. However, tests have shown that there is no feasible way to improve the fuel efficiency of a vehicle at the fuel or engine level.

The fuel usage depends largely on who is doing the driving and what sort of mood they are in. If the limousine chauffeur takes off as fast as possible from the lights, rushes through the gear changes, maxing out at the top of each gear and speeds up to each set of traffic lights only to have to slam on the brakes, they are going to use a lot of extra fuel unnecessarily.

However, if the chauffeur drives sedately and watches the road for obstacles and delays ahead, this allows them to drive smoothly all of the time and not do excessive accelerating and decelerating.

While a good chauffeur should drive as smoothly and calmly as possible to ensure a smooth ride for their passengers, not all chauffeurs are as considerate or as informed as they should be about the effects their driving is having on their fuel consumption.

If a limo hire company has a number of chauffeurs who drive aggressively, they will need to cover the costs of the extra fuel consumption in their hire costs. Therefore, ask about the driving training of the chauffeurs you are considering hiring and when you are shopping around, ask for a break down of the rates to compare the fuel charge across a variety of limo hire companies and chauffeurs.

For more information about hiring a smooth and fuel efficient chauffeur, contact Cardiff Limo Hire now.