Quite A Few Things You Can Do To Save A Few Bucks On Gasoline For Your Car
Gas prices are on the rise. Here are some tips to help you conserve gasoline and save money as we approach summer gasoline prices.
1. Keep your car tuned up. Cars in poor running condition use more gas.
2. Plan trips well to avoid unnecessary driving.
3. When you run your air conditioner you get much worse gasoline mileage. Use your air conditioner sparingly. If you have a lower setting, use it. Turn it on until the car gets cool, then turn it off and let the fan circulate the cool air. Never run your air conditioner with your windows open!
4. Keep your windows closed when traveling at high speeds. Open windows cause additional drag and lower your gas mileage. At high speeds, an open window can use more gasoline than many air conditioners (especially if they are on a low setting).
5. Check your tire pressure. Over-inflated tires can actually reduce your fuel efficiency, so don’t overfill.
6. If at all possible, change your work start time to avoid gridlock. Stop and go traffic hurts your gas mileage.
7. Take unneeded items out of the car. You don’t need to carry snow chains around with you in the summertime. Just make sure to put them back in when winter comes around.
8. Try not to idle your engine for long periods of time. If you are stuck in traffic and you don’t think you are going to go anywhere in the next five minutes, you may want to turn your car off.
9. You no longer need to warm your auto up for long periods of time, especially new automobiles. New autos are made to run when cold.
10. Don’t travel at fast speeds in low gears unless you need the compression to slow down.
11. Try to drive the speed limit.
12. Try to accelerate slowly when leaving the stop light. It’s not a competition with the driver in the lane next to you. The fastest person through the intersection just gets to spend more on gas.
13. No need to buy the highest priced gasoline. Most autos are built to run on regular unleaded. Check you owners manual or consult a mechanic. I have had many tell me that the more expensive fuel is a waste of cash.
14. Revving the engine needlessly wastes gas. There is no need to rev before you turn your vehicle off.
15. If at all possible, try to arrange auto pools with co-workers to share the cost of commuting to work.
16. Walk, bike or run to your intended location whenever possible.
17. When the price is sky high, don’t fill up. Wait for the price to go down before you fill up your tank. Filling up your tank when the price is peaking lets fuel companies know that you are willing to pay ridiculous prices for fuel.
18. And last, the biggest and most important step towards saving money on fuel is always try to purchase vehicles that get good gasoline mileage. The difference between 20 miles-per-gallon and 40 miles-per-gallon is huge.
Also, studies show that consumers use quite a bit of fuel on vacations. A great way to save is to take a plane to the destination and rent a car, if you want to drive a car remember it takes about $1,000.00 worth of gas on average to get from Florida to California. A plane ticket is a lot less! If you want your car, take some of the money you saved and hire an auto transport company. You can find companies that offer car transport services all over the internet however most of them are very competitive so make sure you don’t over pay for the car shipping services you may need.
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