Save Money By Saving Gas
Gas prices are on the rise. Here are some tips to help you conserve gas and save money as we approach summer gas prices.
1. Keep your car tuned up. Cars in poor running condition consume more gasoline.
2. Plan your tours well so that you can avoid unnecessary driving.
3. When you run your air conditioner you get much worse consumption rate. Use your air conditioner meagerly. If you have a lower setting, use it. Turn it on to get your car turn cool, then turn it off and let the fan mobilize the cool air. Never run your air conditioner with your windows open!
4. Keep your windows close while driving at high speed. Open windows causes’ additional resistance so more gas is consumed to overcome it. Furthermore it lowers down your gas mileage.
5. Check your tire pressure. Turgid tire actually reduces your gas efficiency so don’t overfill.
6. If possible change your work start time to avoid gridlock. The rash driving and hurdles in traffic affects your gas mileage.
7. Take unnecessary items out of the car. There’s no need to carry snow chains with you in the summer. Just put them back in when winter starts.
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. No more need to warm your car up for long periods of time, especially new cars. New cars are made to run when cold.
10. In low gears don’t drive at fast speed unless you need the compression to slow down.
11. Try to drive the speed limit.
12. Try to accelerate slowly when you have to move on green signal. Don’t feel it as a competition with the driver going in the lane next to you. The driver that rushes through the intersection spent more gas than usual.
13. Its not about buying highest priced gasoline. Most cars are built to run on unleaded. Check owners manual or consult a mechanic. I used many just to learn that the more pricey gas is a waste of money.
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 car pools with co-workers to share the cost of commuting to work.
16. Walk, bike or run to your desired place 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 gas companies know that you are willing to pay ridiculous prices for gasoline.
18. At last, the most significant step for saving money on gas is always purchase the vehicles with good gas mileage. Do consider the difference between 20 miles-per-gallon and 40 miles-per-gallon because it’s inevitable.
Charlie Hernandez has been working with cars for over 20 years and owns a few car dealerships in Houston.
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