Gas Saving Tips and Suggestions
Gas Saving Tips and Suggestions
? Avoid Jackrabbit Starts
Start off smooth and accelerate easy to your cruising speed and maintain it. Use your cruise control if you have it to maintain a steady speed. Slow down a bit when you drive, the faster you go, the more fuel you use. When you go somewhere, leave 10 or 15 minutes earlier so you can go easy and save some fuel. Who knows, you might even notice things you never saw before when you were passing by at the higher speed.
? Reduce Trips To The Store
Partners can save gas by shopping at a big grocery warehouse such as a Sam's Club once a month or so. You can stock up on non-perishable and frozen items and pick up milk, bread or other small items on the way home from work. Not only will you save money on gas, but also your grocery bills will be lower. I go to Sams club once every two months and stock up and get my fill in items at the grocery store that's right on my route home.
? Consolidate Your Errands
Plan out what you have to do and go from one to the other in the shortest distance. This is a case where putting something off until tomorrow can be a good thing if it will save you distance and time. Avoid the drive thru when you go to the bank, park your car and go inside instead of wasting gas standing in line. Do the same when you go to Burger King and McDonalds.
I can say whatever you do to save gas is good for the country, and don't get me wrong, it is. But the bottom line is this; it's money in your pocket.
It's money you save. It's money you can spend. If you can get an extra 3 miles per gallon, and the average car has a 15-gallon gas tank, which translates to 45 miles per tank full. If you fill up your tank once a week, that's 2,340 miles per year. That's an average of 117 gallons of fuel at $2.00 a gallon equaling $234.00. If you follow the suggestions I have outlined above, you'll get five, six, even seven extra miles per gallon.
? Avoid Jackrabbit Starts
Start off smooth and accelerate easy to your cruising speed and maintain it. Use your cruise control if you have it to maintain a steady speed. Slow down a bit when you drive, the faster you go, the more fuel you use. When you go somewhere, leave 10 or 15 minutes earlier so you can go easy and save some fuel. Who knows, you might even notice things you never saw before when you were passing by at the higher speed.
? Reduce Trips To The Store
Partners can save gas by shopping at a big grocery warehouse such as a Sam's Club once a month or so. You can stock up on non-perishable and frozen items and pick up milk, bread or other small items on the way home from work. Not only will you save money on gas, but also your grocery bills will be lower. I go to Sams club once every two months and stock up and get my fill in items at the grocery store that's right on my route home.
? Consolidate Your Errands
Plan out what you have to do and go from one to the other in the shortest distance. This is a case where putting something off until tomorrow can be a good thing if it will save you distance and time. Avoid the drive thru when you go to the bank, park your car and go inside instead of wasting gas standing in line. Do the same when you go to Burger King and McDonalds.
I can say whatever you do to save gas is good for the country, and don't get me wrong, it is. But the bottom line is this; it's money in your pocket.
It's money you save. It's money you can spend. If you can get an extra 3 miles per gallon, and the average car has a 15-gallon gas tank, which translates to 45 miles per tank full. If you fill up your tank once a week, that's 2,340 miles per year. That's an average of 117 gallons of fuel at $2.00 a gallon equaling $234.00. If you follow the suggestions I have outlined above, you'll get five, six, even seven extra miles per gallon.
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