Four dollars a gallon! Four dollars a gallon!! I can’t believe how much I paid at the pump today! I drive a Lexus RX 400h; the h standing for hybrid. Yet, I am still hit just as hard in the wallet as anyone else. Sure, it doesn’t help that my hybrid SUV only gets decent mileage (about 25 mpg’s), but things are still horrible. The question I asked myself and the question it seems that everyone is asking themselves is, what can I do about gas prices?
Well, the short answer is nothing. There are market and political forces at play here that are beyond any individuals control. At the same time, there are ways to alleviate this pain until prices (hopefully) settle down at a more comfortable level.
50 Ways To Save Money On Gas
- Change your oil.
- Make sure your tires have proper air pressure.
- Don’t constantly haul around large items.
- Change your air filter.
- Take off your bike rack when you aren’t using it.
- Avoid things like drive through to stop idling.
- Avoid braking hard.
- Avoid accelerating too fast.
- Plan your trips in advance to avoid wandering.
- Get a GPS navigation system.
- Take off slowly when you are at a complete stop.
- Park in the shade.
- Walk whenever you can.
- Park in the first spot that you see.
- Join the gasoline company loyalty clubs.
- Sign up for credit cards that give your cash rewards.
- Use the lowest octane gas for your car.
- If your car requires a higher octane, try mixing it with a lower one to save.
- Keep your eye out for gas deals while you are driving.
- But don’t go crazy driving around for deals.
- Check out the web to find low gas prices (see below).
- Don’t fill the tank until you are really low on gas.
- Fill your tank completely full.
- Use the radio to avoid traffic jams.
- Stay on the highway as much as possible.
- Try to average 55 mph.
- Buy gas on Wednesdays (statistically the cheapest gas prices fall here).
- Buy gas a few days before a holiday to avoid the price hike.
- Go to your dealer for a tune up.
- Anticipate slowing down by keeping your eye on all traffic.
- Carpool with you colleagues.
- Make use of the carpool lane while carpooling.
- Avoid gas stations that are right off of the highway.
- Some club stores and grocery store offer gas discounts.
- Ride the bus or subway at least every once in a while.
- Use your car’s cruise control.
- Don’t shop at gas stations that charge extra for credit card usage.
- During the winter, don’t warm up the engine for more than a minute.
- Make sure your gas cap is on securely.
- Bring lunch with you to work, to avoid going out to lunch.
- Buy a smaller, more fuel efficient car.
- Buy a Japanese car.
- Buy a hybrid!
- Buy a scooter.
- Buy a motorcycle.
- Buy a car with a manual transmission.
- Get rid of your car.
- Sign up for ZipCars.
- Move closer to your work.
- Replace your car’s fuel injector.
Short Term Gas Saving Solutions
Long Term Gas Saving Solutions
Website’s That Help You Save Money On Gas
- My Mile Marker
- The Top 10 Highest Gas Mileage Cars
- GasPriceWatch.com
- Motor Trend
- Gas Buddy
- Gas Price Watch
- FuelMeUp.com
- AltFuelPrices.com
- GasNearU.com
- MSN Autos
How are you weathering the storm of high gas prices? Do you have any other tips for saving money on gas? Are you any closer to buying a hybrid?
It is great.
Now we all are very frugal about gas. WE are sitting at home and celebrating holidays.Happy New Year!
Definitely the folks were very frugal about gas. A few cars and taxis and other transport in the streets,
It is really a good idea. thanks for the heads up.
Gas, well let say that Russia hold half of Europe in hand when the gas is in question.
Till
Great Tips. I use CNG. That cuts down the costs
Hurah, gas prices has fallen a little bit this week.
Hi, thanks for useful tips in this times. Prices has fallen? Where. Here in Spain atill are the same.
I wonder if we will all continue to conserve gas now that prices have dropped down again?
Because of cold winter in Siberia many drivers reduce rides and the consumption of fuel.The market laws are valid.The prices go down.But just a little bit.
Thank you for these great tips. We all need saving solutions for all our expenses during this global economic crisis.
Even though gas prices are back to normal now, money saving tips are always appreciated.
Gas prices are going back up… good time to read this article!
With everything happening to the economy nowadays, I’m glad you came up with these 50 stuff!
I wonder if we will all continue to conserve gas now that prices have dropped down again?
Excellent tips, especially during the crisis!
I don’t think so Ali, CNG’s still much cheaper than any other fuel.
Great post.
In my opinion, still the best solution to save on gas, is to buy a motorcycle, because you save on gas and more importantly on TIME..
The best way to save gas is to use buses/walk anytime it’s possible. You’ll also help the environment so I guess that’s good too.
Although it is a dangerous method, I like drafting, you would be amazed at how much fuel you save if you stay 50 feet behind a truck!
Till then,
Jean
Energy conservation is seriously important, climate change, the strangle hold Russia has on gas supply all point towards us being more careful
We should all be glad we are not living in the Ukraine!
Why are you?
You know, you can all life complaining that you won’t succeed because of others, your country, policy,not having enough money,etc.. or you can do something..
Think about that
Always fill your car up at the coldest part of the day, you will then get slightly more in volume.
The best way to save gas is to use buses/walk anytime it’s possible. You’ll also help the environment so I guess that’s good too.
Yeah, $4 a gallon, that’ll kill ya!
I pay closer to $6 a gallon here.
Thank God gas got so much cheaper now. During the time when gas was at $4, I was riding a bicycle. That saved me so much money.
First most of things are getting costly and main element is fuel and gas prices on High Peak in such situation your tips give much relaxation because half of work for us it will help a lot to save money.
Gas prices have been maintaining pretty steady. Not road raging is def a good way to save on mpg!
Thank for article ^^
The problem with high fuel prices is that they affect the prices of everything else you buy because the cost of freight goes up as well.
Great tips!
Maybe its time to buy a hybrid car!
The Toyota Prius has gained notoriety and now it has actually become “cool” to own one.
Your blog is amazing and i must appreciate the way you had mentioned everything is marvelous. Your blog works for me as a adviser.I like the points that you have mentioned to save money on gas. Thank you
Damn, here where I live, gas is cheaper than water. No joke.
-Bill
Thanks for the advice, gas is stupidly expensive here in the UK, so you need to be extremely careful when driving not to waste any.
This is the perfect way to say this is nice work.
Gas is more expensive in all Europe, we import it from Russia, too much. Good guide.
Nice I like it.
They are such good ways of saving money. Thanks
he best way to walk-walk!
Seriously, it is just advice.
Personally, I prefer to bike, Gas is not necessary, and helps to perfect health.
It was instrumental but I don’t think it was the primary reason for our current economic crisis. There are so many factors involved but if any one thing can be stabilized to help get the economy back to a healthy position, that one thing would be the price of gas.
Fiat Banking is the real villain. You cannot make money from paper and ink forever and expect to remain wealthy, it simply cannot happen. Inflation and deflation are NORMAL within such systems, as are corporate bodies milking the plebes.
The 50s list is really good to try. I understand that the petrol price is going to increase again
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It is nice to know that it is a bit lower now that 4 a gallon, but still hurts your wallet.
It’s interesting how the tips were set up. I thought they were all going to be things like “walk to work” but instead, there’s many solutions. Thanks for the advice
More than 40 great tips out of 50 but most i like is Ride via bus or subway at least every once in a while or alternate if really people take your tips seriously life easily become more cheaper.
Prices are creeping up again, time to re-read your tips!!