{"id":11283,"date":"2015-05-15T16:29:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T15:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=11283"},"modified":"2015-05-15T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T15:29:20","slug":"dump-the-junk-in-your-trunk-michelin-urges-motorists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/dump-the-junk-in-your-trunk-michelin-urges-motorists\/11283","title":{"rendered":"Dump the junk in your trunk &#8211; \u00a0Michelin urges motorists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things we carry around needlessly in the boot of our car are costing us dearly in terms of the added fuel consumption and tyre wear it takes to transport the extra weight involved.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DUMP-THE-JUNK-IN-YOUR-TRUNK-MICHELIN.jpg\" alt=\"DUMP-THE-JUNK-IN-YOUR-TRUNK----MICHELIN\" width=\"615\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DUMP-THE-JUNK-IN-YOUR-TRUNK-MICHELIN.jpg 615w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DUMP-THE-JUNK-IN-YOUR-TRUNK-MICHELIN-120x80.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/DUMP-THE-JUNK-IN-YOUR-TRUNK-MICHELIN-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nLatest UK research carried out by tyre manufacturer Michelin shows that over half of all drivers use their cars as mobile storage units. \u00a0Almost one third of those surveyed confessed to using their vehicle for storage because they don\u2019t have space at home.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBroken down, the survey showed that motorists are driving around for months on end with a host of unnecessary items bouncing around in the boot \u2013 items like shoes (31%), cleaning products (36%), books (26%), magazines (20%), toys and children\u2019s accessories (18%), pet accessories (16%), work related items (16%) sports equipment and even sleeping bags (8%).<\/p>\n<p>Remembering that unnecessary weight places an added burden on tyre pressures, and that roughly one tank of fuel in five is used up just to overcome the rolling resistance of thetyres, Michelin is urging motorists to \u2018dump the junk in their trunk\u2019 and save the money it is costing to carry it around.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Things we carry around needlessly in the boot of our car are costing us dearly in terms of the added fuel consumption and tyre wear it takes to transport the extra weight involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11284,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[649,15,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-michelin","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - 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