18 Tips For Saving Money On Gasoline
By Fisher Swanson, Thu Dec 8th

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18 Tips for Saving Money on by Fisher Swanson

Gas prices are on the rise again! Here are some tips to help youconserve gas and save money as we approach summer gas prices.

1. Keep your car tuned up. Cars in poor running condition usemore gasoline.

2. Plan trips well to avoid unnecessary driving.

3. When you run your air conditioner you get much worse gasmileage. Use your air conditioner sparingly. If you have a lowersetting, use it. Turn it on until the car gets cool, then turnit off and let the fan circulate the cool air. Never run yourair conditioner with your windows open!

4. Keep your windows closed when traveling at high speeds. Openwindows cause additional drag and lower your gas mileage. Athigh speeds, an open window can use more gas than many airconditioners (especially if they are on a low setting).

5. Check your tire pressure. Over-inflated tires can actuallyreduce your fuel efficiency, so don't overfill.

6. If at all possible, change your work start time to avoidgridlock. Stop and go traffic hurts your gas mileage.

7. Take unneeded items out of the car. You don't need to carrysnow chains around with you in the summertime. Just make sure toput them back in when winter comes around.

8. Try not to idle your engine for long periods of time. If youare stuck in traffic and you don't think you are going to goanywhere in the next five minutes, you may want to turn your caroff.

9. You no longer need to warm your car up for long periods oftime, especially new cars. New cars are made to run when cold.

10. Don't travel at fast speeds in low gears unless you need thecompression to slow down.

11. Try to drive the speed limit.

12. Try to accelerate slowly when leaving the stop light. It'snot a competition with the driver in the lane next to you. Thefastest person through the intersection just gets to spend moreon gas.

13. No need to buy the highest priced gasoline. Most cars arebuilt to run on regular unleaded. Check you owners manual orconsult a mechanic. I have had many tell me that the moreexpensive

gas is a waste of money.

14. Revving the engine needlessly wastes gas. There is no needto rev before you turn your vehicle off.

15. If at all possible, try to arrange car pools with co-workersto share the cost of commuting to work.

16. Walk, bike or run to your intended location wheneverpossible.

17. When the price is sky high, don't fill up. Wait for theprice to go down before you fill up your tank. Filling up yourtank when the price is peaking lets gas companies know that youare willing to pay ridiculous prices for gasoline.

18. And last, the biggest and most important step towards savingmoney on gas is always try to purchase vehicles that get goodgas mileage. The difference between 20 miles-per-gallon and 40miles-per-gallon is huge.

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About the author:About the Author: Fisher Swanson is a regular contributer to TheThriftyFun.com News. ThriftyFun publishes information aboutthrifty living. Send an email tothriftyfunnews-on@thriftyfun.com to subscribe to TheThriftyFun.com News. http://www.thriftyfun.com