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Gasoline Saving Tips

Posted: Monday, March 10, 2008

by Mike Gilhooly

With record gasoline costs are you tired of paying the price? If you are, you're not alone. In this article, you'll find a few excellent tips designed to help you save a bit of your hard earned money.

First, it's always best to purchase your gas either first thing in the morning or late at night. The reason for this is because gas is denser at a cold temperature, so you'll basically be getting more for your money.

Secondly, use the Internet to check your local gas prices to find the best price available. This will prevent you from wasting gas while driving around to look for the best price. I go as far as using Google maps to lay out a trip that would include the stop for gas while doing errands.

By keeping your car well maintained, you can help improve fuel consumption. The most important and easiest thing to do is keeping your tires properly inflated. Tires that are under inflated will cause fuel consumption to increase by 6 percent, it is estimated 40% of tires are underinflated, wasting thousands of gallons of gasoline a year.
By simply tuning your car, you can decrease your fuel consumption by up to 20 percent.
You should also make sure that you change your oil and air filters on a regular basis as well.

Other tips to keep in mind are to drive by staying in the posted speed limits, as the faster you drive you will use more fuel. Whenever possible you should use overdrive, as this will help fuel and also improve the wear on your engine. You can also combine your errands by making a list of things that you have to do, as the more you cold start your engine, the more fuel you'll be using. While driving accelerate slowly, anticipate upcoming traffic lights and time yourself so as not to have to come to a complete stop, this will save both the brakes and fuel.

By taking the time to do these tips, you'll be amazed at just how much fuel you can save. Gas prices are becoming ridiculous these days, which is why you want to do your part to converse little drop that you can.

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