Every year millions of gallons of gas are unnecessarily lost forever. What very few drivers realize is that ‘how’ we drive determines how much gas we waste.
Much of what we are taught about saving gas is actually false knowledge that waste gas, pollutes the atmosphere and creates traffic congestion, which in turn wastes even more gas.
It seems like everyone is feeling the pain at the pump these days, and small businesses are no exception. Trucking companies, delivery services, and moving companies are obvious examples, but increased gas prices also affect the everyday activities of many other small businesses. Normal activities like client meetings, sales calls, site visits, and even conferences or training seminars become more expensive than usual when gas is so expensive. But with a little planning, there are ways you can stretch your budget and get a few more miles to the gallon.
Try these tips:
One of the easiest ways to improve the gas mileage for your car is checking the tire pressure in all four tires. Simply doing this routine tire maintenance can save fuel and increase the life of your tires. A government study concluded that by correctly maintaining your tires is like getting 2 “free” tanks of gas a year. With today’s fuel prices that could easily be $140! You will also increase the life of your tires and could save at least one new set of tires during the life of your car. Now that I have you convinced of the value of good tire pressure, let’s discuss the basics.
First you will need to purchase an inexpensive tire pressure gauge. These are easy to find and easy to use. Buy a good one (They don’t cost that much) and put it in your glove box. The next big question is “How much air do my tires need?” You will need to find out what the manufacturer’s recommended pressure is for your vehicle. You can find this information in a couple of places. First you can look in your owner’s manual or check the information placard glued on the inside edge of the doors. Remember, the tire pressure on the side of the tire is the maximum pressure for that particular tire. This is different from the manufacturer’s recommended pressure. Now you are ready to check the pressure in your tires. The best time to check your pressure is when your tires are cold. The car should have been sitting for at least three hours or have been driven for less than 2 miles. If your tires are hot, then the air is hot and the pressure will read higher than normal. This is why using the manufacturer’s recommended tire pressure is so important. If you use the maximum tire pressure printed on the tire and then drive out on the road, the pressure will increase because of the heat. This can be potentially unsafe. If they are low, take a quick trip to the neighborhood gas station. There you can add a few pounds of air and recheck the pressure. One tip, don’t trust the gauge on the air compressor at the gas station. These are generally in bad shape and have been treated poorly. Use your new one you just purchased instead. Repeat this process every month. You will save gas and extend the life of your expensive tires.
These days one of biggest worries most drivers have in their minds is how much the gallon of gas will cost tomorrow. With the huge increases in oil prices that we have witnessed during the recent months, there have been weeks when there seems to be no limit to the price gas will climb next day and this only means more sacrifices for most drivers that have to adjust their budgets accordingly and spend more of their hard earned money in filling up the gas tank and less on a number of things, with many cases where even food rations must be sacarified in these extreme cases.
For many years there have been statements about the many advantages and the convenience that hydrogen powered cars would represent for our communities. These cars would run pretty clean, saving us lots of pollution problems, but mainly they would run on a very cheap energy source, this is, you would run your car on water. Saving you those awful gas prices.
I used to be an over-the-road, long haul truck driver. For a while, I even owned and drove my own truck. As an owner-operator, I became interested in fuel economy, and very aware of how personal choices can affect fuel economy and fuel costs.
I’m off the road now, although I still travel a great deal, mainly by car. Like everyone else, I have listened to, and watched, news stories, discussions, and interviews on the present and future state of energy and energy sources.
Maintain your car. Check your tires to make sure they have plenty of tread. Slipping tires are dangerous and they waste gas. Ask your car dealer or mechanic if you can use a lighter weight oil during the winter to reduce friction and save gas. Consider using a low-friction or synthetic oil to save gas. If it’s been awhile since you changed your air filter, check your owners manual to find the recommended changing interval. A new air filter can greatly improve your gas mileage. Consider an after-market low restriction air filter system. Not only can these improve your gas mileage, but they often come with permanent filter media that can be washed or cleaned and reused. The higher cost of the after-market filter can be offset by not having to buy new air filters. Check your tire pressure. As the temperature drops, so does your tire pressure. Low tire pressure is one of the most common causes of poor gas mileage and it can also wear your tires quicker and make your car handle badly. Check your tires regularly with a tire pressure gauge and make sure they’re at the manufacturer’s recommended settings. To find the recommended settings look in your owners manual or open your driver’s door and look for a sticker on the rear of the door near the latch mechanism. Some cars have different recommended pressures for the front and rear tires. Don’t overinflate your tires because that can make them wear out quicker and make your car handle poorly. Don’t run your car’s engine to warm it up. This is a common way people waste gas in the winter. See your owners manual for recommended warm-up time for your car. It’s usually less than a minute and often less than 15 seconds. Running your car’s engine longer wastes gas. If you live in a very cold climate, install an electric block heater to pre-heat your car’s engine. Consider bundling up in warmer clothes if comfort is an issue. If you’re out shopping, park in a sunny spot and let nature help keep your car warm for your return. Clear all ice and snow off your car before you start driving. In addition to being a lot of extra weight to haul around, ice and snow can increase wind resistance which also hurts gas mileage. Also make sure you’re not dragging around any more weight than absolutely necessary by removing unneeded items from your trunk. Remove your roof rack. If you use a roof rack for skis, snowboards, or other items, remove the rack when you’re not using it to reduce wind resistance. If you must leave the rack on, at least remove the equipment from the rack to minimize the mileage drop. Consider using an aerodynamic box-style container on your roof rack for your winter sports equipment. If you transport sports gear or other items in your trunk or inside your vehicle, remove them as soon as you’re done using them to save weight. Avoid the drive-through. It’s convenient to use drive-through lanes for coffee, food, or banking, but all that sitting in line wastes gas. Park your car and brave the cold to walk inside the eatery or bank and you’ll save gas. Bonus: Holiday gift suggestions to help save gas. For those on a budget, an accurate dial-type tire pressure gauge should cost you less than $15. Even the entry-level digital gauges are less than $20. Of course if you want a professional-quality gauge with superior accuracy or a digital gauge that tells you your tire pressure audibly, you can spend considerably more. If you’re shopping on a higher budget, consider a GPS navigator. These electronic marvels listen to radio signals from orbiting Global Positioning System satellites and calculate your location with amazing accuracy. They can display maps, give you step-by-step directions to your destination, and even tell you where to find the nearest restaurant, gas station, or hotel when you’re on the road. You’ll never have to worry about being lost and you’ll save gas by having a computerized navigator to direct you to your destination. The cost? An entry-level GPS navigator is under $90 and they range from there to over $1000 for a top-of-the-line model.
Scott Babb is the webmaster of http://www.gas-mileage-tips.com where you’ll find many more tips, tools, and resources to help you get better gas mileage, save money, and be kinder to the environment.
In order to save gas in Arizona it is necessary for you to watch your air conditioning use. Now, yes this is one of the warmest areas of the county and you definitely need to use your AC but you should know how to use it properly in order to use less gas. Gas is expensive and it is getting harder and harder to find cheap gas. Yet, if you use less gas, gas will cost you less over the course of time. One way to save gas in Arizona is to make sure that you are using your air conditioning wisely.
Air conditioning is practically run by gas. So, the more that you crank it up, the more it will cost you. Still, you can save a good deal of money if you just take the time to be smart about your usage. For example, if you are going just down the street, don’t turn the air conditioning on. If you can do okay for just a short drive, you’ll save gas if you don’t flip on the air conditioning.
It used to be that the US had some of the best cheap gas on the planet, but now gas prices are at unprecendented rates and climbing.
I won’t go into the political situations behind this at all.
With gas prices constantly rising, the days of cheap motoring are fast disappearing. There are some simple things that you can do to reduce your gas usage. This is good for the health of your wallet and as a sideline it is also good for the health of the planet! Give these a try and you will soon notice the difference.
1. Drive consistently – Constant changes of speed and erratic driving use more gas. Try and look ahead for traffic signals and other hold ups and adjust your speed gradually so that you don’t have to come to a stop and then start up building your speed again.
Pure ethanol or E100 is also known as ethyl alcohol or grain alcohol. It is made when corn, grain, or other agricultural products are fermented, distilled, and denatured and because of this, it is a continually renewable resource, a true benefit in the world of alternative fuels. Another benefit is the fact that, unlike many other, mainly petroleum based, fuels, it contributes nothing to the build-up of greenhouse gases. Because of its renewable nature, it is possible to extensively reduce a nation’s dependence on foreign oil products.
Pure ethanol is never used as an alternative fuel, but ethanol blends are. For example, E10 is a fuel made of 10 percent ethanol and blended with 90 percent gasoline. The most common blend is E85, a fuel made of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. E85 is officially classified by the U.S. Department of Energy as an alternative energy fuel. It could be used in most cars today that are run on gasoline with some modification, and new, flexible fuel vehicles, are being developed that could use E85. Recently, lobbyists have been pushing for its use in FFVs or flexible fuel vehicles, alternative vehicles that have a lesser impact on the environment than today’s gas guzzling cars.
Do you know Why your car meter reading is Might Not show the correct fuel mileage?
You may be trying hard to increase gas mileage of your car but when you don’t know how to get the best possible mileage reading of your car, then everything else is useless.
Unless you have been living under a rock and don’t own a car, you have definitely noticed the rising cost of gasoline. Wild price fluctuations are a daily occurrence at the gas pumps.
We could debate the causes, or lack thereof, for an eternity. I have just as many opinions about the situation as the next person. But, unfortunately all the arguing over this topic won’t change a thing.
If you know the smart way to purchase your gas you can save a considerable amount of money. The following strategies could save you 4 percent, 5 percent, 10 percent or even 14 percent of your gas costs.
In this article you will learn the secret to using two strategies that together should provide you with a significant discount on your gas costs.
I’m sure by now you’ve heard the term “Extended Drain Interval” for your vehicle’s oil change. If you’ve ever been to a place like Jiffy Lube or other quick lube shop, you’ve probably seen some big sign outside telling you to come back every 3,000 miles for an oil change – quite the opposite of the “extended drain interval”. Jiffy Lube promotes the short, 3,000 mile oil drain interval. Did you know that according to Marc Graham, the president of Jiffy Lube, if they could convince you to change your oil at 2,900 miles instead of 3,000, Jiffy Lube could earn an extra $20 million dollars per year? And if they could get one more oil change per year out of every customer, that would pocket them a whopping $294 million per year?
All the quick lubes and dealers tell me to change it every 3,000.
There are a lot of articles circulating the media these days that cover the issue of saving money on gas. We are simply not used to paying such high prices for a commodity that has not been a major part of people’s budgets in the past decade or so. Those of us that track our expenses have experienced the shock of looking through the Fuel / Gas sections of our credit card statements and seeing the total for the month go up by several hundred dollars. Our natural reaction is one of anger and outrage. After we are done complaining about the politics and big fat oil companies, we realize that we have to deal with the situation regardless of who or what caused it.
Even a person with an average IQ does not need an expert to tell her that she could save money if she performed proper maintenance and inspection of her vehicle, such as oil and air filter changes, tire rotation and proper inflation. Yet, this sort of advice is what dominates the mainstream media, from online publications and blogs to traditional newspapers. Let’s look at some of these intelligence-insulting pieces of advice from the so-called consumer experts out there.
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