Gas prices have seemed to gone up and down, up and done in the past couple years. It can be frustrating because you can never depend on a reasonable price. With gas prices being so high, everything costs more. Your groceries at the supermarket cost more than the receipt says because you have to tack on gas. It just makes everything more expensive.
The first step towards saving gas is to take care of your car. Check and change the oil on a regular basis. Change the air filter frequently, check the tires to see that they are properly inflated, and drive carefully to keep your engine, breaks, etc. in good shape. Next, driving efficiently will also save you more gas. Don't rev the engine, accelerate quickly, or break often. Of course, break whenever you need to, but try to coast and decrease speed sooner so as not to slam on the breaks.
Even though these are great ways to save gas, these won't save nearly as much gas as the BEST way to save gas. The best way to save gas is to stop driving. I know, for most people that's impossible, and I understand that. Unless you live in a place where walking or biking everywhere wouldn't take up a lot of time or be extremely tiring, not driving is impossible. I have to drive almost everyday. What I am asking you to do is to reduce your driving. For every trip you don't take, you will save money. Here are some easy ways to save trips in your car.
First, try taking your ordinary trips less often. If you go food shopping a couple times a week, try going once a week or once every other week. Buy in bulk at a large bulk store and try shopping just once a month. This will save you on food and gas.
If your grocery store is 5 miles from your house and you take 3 trips to the grocery store every week, your driving about 30 miles a week. If you get 25 miles per gallon on your car, and gas costs $4 a gallon, you're spending about $19 a month. Cut that down to 2 trips a month and you'll save about $16 a month or $192 a year. That's quite a bit of savings for just gas to the grocery store.
While you're at it, condense your trips wherever you go. Instead of going to the mall every weekend, go once a month. On your way to the mall, take all your trips such as to the grocery store, bank, dry cleaners, gas station, etc. Cut the miles wherever you can and they will add up fast.
Another great tip is to carpool. Do you work with someone that lives nearby? Let's say you have a 40 mile round-trip commute and you carpool with someone, so you only travel 100 miles per week instead of 200 miles. At about 20 miles per gallon and $3.50 per gallon, you save $840 a year. Add this to the previous $420 and you are saving $1,260 a year.
Finally, try not to drive so far for entertainment. Go out less and if you do go out, limit it to going close to home. Rent DVDs instead of going out to the movie theater. Stop eating out so often and cook for friends and family at home. Any of these tips can save you money. Put them all together and you could be saving a ton of money on gas every year.
The first step towards saving gas is to take care of your car. Check and change the oil on a regular basis. Change the air filter frequently, check the tires to see that they are properly inflated, and drive carefully to keep your engine, breaks, etc. in good shape. Next, driving efficiently will also save you more gas. Don't rev the engine, accelerate quickly, or break often. Of course, break whenever you need to, but try to coast and decrease speed sooner so as not to slam on the breaks.
Even though these are great ways to save gas, these won't save nearly as much gas as the BEST way to save gas. The best way to save gas is to stop driving. I know, for most people that's impossible, and I understand that. Unless you live in a place where walking or biking everywhere wouldn't take up a lot of time or be extremely tiring, not driving is impossible. I have to drive almost everyday. What I am asking you to do is to reduce your driving. For every trip you don't take, you will save money. Here are some easy ways to save trips in your car.
First, try taking your ordinary trips less often. If you go food shopping a couple times a week, try going once a week or once every other week. Buy in bulk at a large bulk store and try shopping just once a month. This will save you on food and gas.
If your grocery store is 5 miles from your house and you take 3 trips to the grocery store every week, your driving about 30 miles a week. If you get 25 miles per gallon on your car, and gas costs $4 a gallon, you're spending about $19 a month. Cut that down to 2 trips a month and you'll save about $16 a month or $192 a year. That's quite a bit of savings for just gas to the grocery store.
While you're at it, condense your trips wherever you go. Instead of going to the mall every weekend, go once a month. On your way to the mall, take all your trips such as to the grocery store, bank, dry cleaners, gas station, etc. Cut the miles wherever you can and they will add up fast.
Another great tip is to carpool. Do you work with someone that lives nearby? Let's say you have a 40 mile round-trip commute and you carpool with someone, so you only travel 100 miles per week instead of 200 miles. At about 20 miles per gallon and $3.50 per gallon, you save $840 a year. Add this to the previous $420 and you are saving $1,260 a year.
Finally, try not to drive so far for entertainment. Go out less and if you do go out, limit it to going close to home. Rent DVDs instead of going out to the movie theater. Stop eating out so often and cook for friends and family at home. Any of these tips can save you money. Put them all together and you could be saving a ton of money on gas every year.
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