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Fuel Saving Tips For The Family Car

62 Ways To Save Money At The Fuel Pump

Saving fuel has become a necessary obligation for both economic and environmental reasons. Although most of the fuel-saving and money-saving tips listed here are basic common sense for truck, automobile and vehicle owners, by applying any or all of these fuel-saving tips, you will not only save money on your car running costs, but you will also be making a significant environmental contribution to the planet.

Fuel Saving Tip #7. Use the Internet

Using the Internet to find the lowest gas prices is a great way to have all the information that you need before getting into your car to fuel up.

There are several sites on the Internet that will help you find the cheapest gas in your area.

One of these sites is GasBuddy.com. GasBuddy.com has all the information for both the United States and Canada to help you find the lowest gas price on the day that you are filling up your gas tank.

GasBuddy has over 170 websites that it uses to get you the recent best prices.
The price of gas is always changing so having the latest information is going to save you money over a period of time.

There are times that the price of gas will vary by up to 20 percent within a short radius so it’s important to you to stay current with the lowest price of gas.

The information provided by GasBuddy is quite comprehensive. For example, after indicating that you live in the Washington state area you are directed to sites for Seattle, Tacoma, and Spokane.

Choosing Seattle gives you the following information: (1) lowest price in the last 48 hours, (2) gas station name and address, and (3) time the last price was posted.

When you use GasBuddy you’ll be able to save that much more each time you buy gas for your vehicle.

Fuel Saving Tip #8. Multi-purchases

There are many other ways that you can use the Internet to help you save money at the gas pumps. Check out coupons in your local area that offer money off certain items, like convenience food.

If you purchase your gas at a service pump that has a convenience store attached then you can use your money-saving coupons for convenience purchases.

Although you are not saving money on your actual gas purchase, just by combining your convenience purchase with you fuel purchase you will find some money saving benefit at shopping and fueling up at a certain gas station.

Fuel Saving Tip #9. Keep a fuel log

Invest in a small notebook and pen for your car and write down all your gas purchases and mileage that you travel.
Start to develop the habit of knowing exactly how much that you are spending in fuel costs.

You can also use your fuel log to keep track of the best places to buy your gasoline. You want to see a pattern develop so that you can track your gas spending habits and then make changes if needed.

If you are buying a used vehicle privately, or from a dealer, find out if there is an owner’s manual so that you can find out how to take care of your vehicle.

If you’re lucky, there may be fuel log of some kind from the previous car owner.

Fuel-Saving Fact

Fixing a car that is noticeably out of tune or has failed an emissions test can improve its gas mileage by an average of 4 percent, though results vary based on the kind of repair and how well it is done.

(source: fueleconomy.gov)

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