Gas prices are high. Here are some tips to assist you preserve gas and save money when it comes to summer gas prices.
1. Keep your car maintained. Car in poor working condition consumes more gasoline.
2. Plan trips well to avoid unnecessary driving.
3. When you run your air conditioner you get much worse gas mileage. Use your air conditioner sparingly. If you have a lower setting, use it. Turn it on until the car gets cool, then turn it off and let the fan circulate the cool air. Never run your air conditioner with your windows open!
4. Keep your windows closed when traveling at high speeds. Open windows cause additional drag and lower your gas mileage. At high speeds, an open window can use more gas than many air conditioners (especially if they are on a low setting).
5. Check your tire pressure. Over-inflated tires can actually reduce your fuel efficiency, so don’t overfill.
6. If at all possible, change your work start time to avoid gridlock. Stop and go traffic hurts 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. You neither left your engine idle for a long period of time nor let it run unnecessarily. If you get stuck in traffic and you know that you’ll not find space to move in next five minutes, you should turn down your car.
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. Don’t travel at fast speeds in low gears 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. You don’t need to buy expensive gasoline. Most cars are built to run on regular unleaded. It is recommended that costly gasoline is just the wastage of time but in spite of this if you feel any query, you must consult owner’s manual or auto mechanic.
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, wait for the price to decrease before you fill up your tank. Filling up your tank when the price is high lets gas companies know that you are least concerned with ridiculous prices for gasoline.
18. And last, the biggest and most important step towards saving money on gas is always try to purchase vehicles that get good gas mileage. The difference between 20 miles-per-gallon and 40 miles-per-gallon is huge.
Charlie Hernandez has been working with cars for over 20 years and owns a few car dealerships in Houston.
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