Fast and sudden acceleration of a vehicle’s motor can lower your car’s fuel economy by 15% to 30%, according to U.S. Department of Energy. It also can wear out your car’s drive train sooner.

This tank size is a bit larger than the average fuel capacity of most modern cars, which hold between 12 and 15 gallons. Unfortunately, counting how much fuel one car burns during a race is a bit ...

welcomia/ShutterStock Driver preference Schirmer also says that Americans prefer fuel doors on the left side of their cars, probably because it makes it easier for them to place their car’s left ...

For this story on how to tell which side your gas tank is on, Jill Schildhouse tapped her experience as a travel writer and an avid traveler who spends approximately 150 days on the road each year.