Gas - Saving Money Tips

[shubh]

These are good tips, no doubt. Many of us know about most of these but even then don’t follow. There is a strong need to spread the consciousness about saving fuel among the vehicle owners.

[melinuxfool]

Here's another tip. Take this pretty much as far as you want. If your car has a built in instantaneous fuel economy display, you can monitor that and drive accordingly. Sometimes, when there's no traffic, I'll try not to let it drop below say, 25 mpg. What that means is, as you go up hill, you actually let off the gas, the opposite of what your instinct wants to do.

This works wonders, believe it or not. My truck has an EPA estimated 15 mpg city and 18 Highway. I've averaged around 23 miles to the gallon. Not too shabby, I wouldn't say.

If your car doesn't have the fuel economy display, you can do what I did, and that's buy a ScanGauge. They're around $150, and no real "hypermiler" would be without one. You know the stuff works when you come to the day you used to refuel, and you've got like ¼ tank left.

[Saving_spree]

Informative tips...

[practicesaving]

These are some wonderful and very useful tips. Thanks for posting!

[LttlDriver]

yea I don't get people who go out of their way to save like 2 cents per gallon when they spent more gas and time just getting there.

[zhuwh]

It seems that you have told all the ways of saving the money , thank you for sharing with us , i think i can save lots of money according to those ways.

[gaven]

Regarding saving money on gas...

1. windows vs. A/C: There is no quantifiable difference.

2. Find the cheapest gas: My mechanic tells me that whenever a car comes in and the driver says "my car is making this odd noise when I drive and it's only a few years old." then first thing he does is empty the gas tank and fill it will a couple of gallons of Shell gas. (Shell is the same quality across the country - not a region). He says the cars usually stop making that noise. While you might think all gas is the same, it's not. If you buy gas from a Meijer or other department store, think again. He said he's had to replace a lot of gas tanks because of the gunk carried in some cheaper gas stations's gas.

3. Don't opt for cheap gas that is more harmful to your car. Also know what's best for your car. For example, Saturn's were made to run well on the low octane detergent free gases. So in my case, that car gets 87 octane 99% of the time.

4. Might seem silly but don't drive 20 minutes to save ten cents per gallon.

[Aleta]

Gavens post took me back to the time when we owned a Volvo. I had a licensed European car mechanic that advised me the same thing about buying Shell gasoline. He would advise me to add a gallon of high test to my regular fillup every 6 fill-ups. All I know is that the knocking would stop. Never knew the reason though.

[gaven]

The winter chill can be biting until you receive that first huge heating bill. Then your temperature boils over as you try to figure out how to pay it.

Gas home heating generally is comfortable and safe, but it can be costly, especially if you own a home and have a family. Here are a few suggestions that may be helpful.

1. Set the thermostat lower by day and by night. When everyone is sleeping, set the temperature gauge to 62 degrees. When they get up, crank it up to 70. Unless your house is especially drafty, your family should not get too uncomfortable with these temperatures. Remind everyone to put on a sweater and wear slippers if they get chilly. It doesn't hurt to sleep in warm flannels and socks, either. Throw an extra blanket or quilt on the bed, and be sure children keep warm.

[canada94]

We just had the budget here in the UK, and 1p per litre is coming off at 6pm today that takes it to £1.40 per litre,90p of that is the govt.tax,makes me laugh