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?
Thanks for the tips. sure it will work.
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Fantastic and thorough list, and I can see from the number of comments that it is very popular too! I like #40 – bring your lunch to work with you. Not only do you save on gas at lunch, you also save money on lunch!
I hadn’t thought of a lot of these tips. These are all great ideas. Many people have bad habits that they don’t realize are affecting their gas usage. Simple things like parking in the shade or parking in the first spot are prime examples. I am surprised that you recommended to completely fill the gas tank. I had always assumed that by buying less gas you would keep your vehicle lighter resulting in better gas mileage.
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great tips david.
at least gas prices have reduced a bit lately.
Thanks for the great saving gas tips. Perhaps I have written some extra tips on gas too during winter saving.
Thank for tips, that really work.
Gas Buddy is one of the best things I’ve ever signed up to, that’s for sure. This ZipCar looks pretty cool. Nice cars and you can rent them only for a few hours it looks like? It’d be nice if they opened one of these companies where we live.
This reminds me of last year when I was working 2nd shift.
I was taking a backroad route to stay off the highway and noticed this car really close to me… and then I realized he was drafting and not tailgating.
I pulled over to a parking space in the middle of town and yep, he pulled up right behind me and stayed there until he realized I wasn’t actually going anywhere.
He pulled around me and left.
Thanks for not posting this common practice as a tip!
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That were lovely save gas tips. Perhaps there are lots of advice and tips on the net but anyway thanks for it. I should have discovered this blog post earlier.
I totally agree with your post, saving money on gas prices and saving money is very much applicable to the current situation.
These days, we should adopt this sort of tips in respect to save fuel in fact saving money. It should be also very helpful in managing our budgets.
Very great tips david.
Great information!
Thanks for good advices, but its too expensive to replace the injector it can be just cleaned
saving money on gas prices and saving money is very much applicable to the current situation.
I agree it seems that the price of gas continues to go up while everyone’s wages continue to stay the same. How can someone really get ahead in life?
I am so off the pace with saving money, I am just so hopeless in this. I have seen and read many lists that are so helpful like this one, but in some point everything collapses again, I cant do bookkeeping… But I will change myself, because when you think about it, all the 50 ways can save so much money meaning so much better life for me
Very useful thread in these days. Really these tips are very beneficial if we follow them.
Great post on save money. I agree with you if we follow these simple tips to avoid maximum usage of our resources, we can save our money.
I too agree it seems that the price of gas continues to go up while everyone’s wages continue to stay the same. How can someone really get ahead in life?
Perhaps I will writte some extra tips on gas too during winter saving.
great job,..nice posting,..!!
Thanks for the great saving gas tips. Perhaps I have written some extra tips on gas too during winter saving.
Saving on gas is my main priority now that the economy is down and my income as well, cant cope with the expenses any more and have written down some list of my own, but not 50 which is far better of course, try to start implementing some of them right away.
I bought it a while ago. Worth the money.
you guys in america dont know how good you got it…. price of fuel in the UK is almost 3x as much. stop complaining!
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Some of these tips I already used some of these tips I plan to use and some of these tips are impossible to use for me. So thanks for making me think and helping me save. I get free money to buy something nice for the best person in the world- me.
Great tips to share with us. Oil prices have increased even more so now. In my country, many stations have begun to change to the RON 95 grade oil which is before using a grade RON 97. Something must be done before oil prices soaring even more higher.
you can just use digital id.
Thanks for the great saving gas tips
Thanks for your post.
i love this blog, full of information. thank you for sharing.
Cool post, thank you for the info – I dont really ever post on these thingy’s but enjoyed the info. Awesome stuff!, I bookmarked your blog!
I bought it a while ago. Worth the money.
Wow a bunch of great tips.. The best tip of all would be don’t drive.. Car pool.
you should be happy that you live in USA and pay 4 dollars a gallon, in Poland we must pay 6 dollars a gallon, and people earn average 500 dollars monthly
I am just curious about some of these. Why would parking in the shade, for example, save on fuel costs? Also, why should you only fill the tank when you are really low? Overall, you’re going to end up with the same amount of gas, so wouldn’t it just be best to fill up your tank whenever you see gas prices are low?
While each vehicle reaches its optimal fuel economy at a different speed (or range of speeds), gas mileage usually decreases rapidly at speeds above 60 mph.
wow.. some really great compilation.Some of these suggestions are really innovative.
You will find more tips on my blog. Thanks for sharing.
I know this is unrelated but a great way to save money in general is buying products online. My company sells kitchen and bathroom cabinets online. Because we are an online company, we completely eliminate the overhead of maintaining a showroom and can pass this value onto our customers. If you are interested in kitchen remodeling you should definitely check out our website and see how much it would cost you to buy the kitchen of your dreams you’ve been putting off for years!
These tips are really helpful. Gas prices fluctuates frequently and affects our budget for travels. Thanks for sharing this bunch of saving solutions. Worth sharing for.
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These tips are really helpful. Gas prices fluctuates frequently and affects our budget for travels. Thanks for sharing this bunch of saving solutions. Worth sharing for.
that sucks! it never got that bad where i live.