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How to Save Money on Gas and Increase You MPG

By thebigandy

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Want to help out your wallet at the pump? Need to get your gas guzzler to be more fuel friendly? Look no further.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

This Guide.
A Car.
A will to save gas.

Step1

Fill up your tank at the coldest part of the morning. The colder the gas is, the more gas will fit in your tank.

Step2

Statistically Wedsnday (over a long period of time) is the cheapest day of the week to buy gas.

Step3

Make sure that you take any un-used extra weight out of your trunk. This will slow you down and kill gas millage.

Step4

Make sure your tires are properly inflated to the manafactures specs. This info can be found on a sticker on your door jam.

Step5

Use cruise controll whenever possible. 55-65 MPH is going to give you the best MPG results.

Step6

Make sure that you change you oil, and oil filters at the recommended millage.

Step7

A clean air filter will let more air into the engine and will help increase your MPG.

Step8

If you know that you are coming to a red light, try and coast to it as much as possible.

Step9

Take off from stop signs and redlights slowly, if you stomp on it you will kill your MPG

Step10

Do Not sit and idle. While sitting idol you are getting 0 MPG's

Step11

Take the first parking spot you see and don’t drive around looking for a better spot. You are just waisting gas.

Tips & Warnings

They are all above!
Be sure that you follow all of these steps, any one missed can kill your MPG.

Comments

Shinepost said

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on 6/16/2008 A few more.
1. Filling Gas in the morning is not that useful. Most pumps store gas underground and there is very little change in temperature in the tank.
2. Clean air filters do not really increase efficiency of the engine. Modern engines are microprocessor controlled and do not reduce efficiency. Yes, you might get better response with a cleaner air filter.

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1. When you start for shopping drive to the farthest destination first and on your return stop at the rest of the places. This helps you get better efficiency for stop and go traffic as the engine would have heated up.
2. Switch off your engines if you are stopping for more than 10 secs. It will save fuel.

pianistic said

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on 5/21/2008 Great!

pianistic said

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on 5/21/2008 Great!

lschofield said

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on 5/17/2008 In Chicago we got over $4 a gallon around a week ago.

Follow these tips and you'll not only save on gas mileage, you'll save

a) the environment
b) your car's resale value as well as wear & tear (through proper care with frequent oil & air filter changes)
c) your insurance premiums through less accidents when you slow down
d) potential traffic tickets (also from slowing down)
e) maybe a life or two when you slow down (remember - cars are deadly)
f) your health (financially represented in insurance and medical bills, overall savings are limitless) when you walk a little further in the parking lot or, better yet, avoid driving if you can get there from public transportation or just walk it if your journey is less than a mile!

Great tips!

lschofield said

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on 5/17/2008 I'll bet you save more than gas if you use the above steps.

You'll help save the environment, save wear & tear on your car to get better performance and a better resale value with frequent oil & air filter changes, and save on insurance when you slow down and avoid accidents (and maybe save a life or two - cars are deadly you know...).

Finally, save your health by driving less (and save on insurance and medical bills). This could be as simple as not hovering around looking for a parking spot right next to the door, or completely avoiding the car if public transportation is available or the trip is less than a mile.