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Top Ways You Waste Gasoline When You Think You're Saving It
dailyfueleconomytip.com — With the price of gasoline well above where it was just a year ago, many people are trying to find new ways to save money at the pump. Unfortunately, so of these ways might actually be doing the opposite.
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- tonicboy, on 03/29/2008, -0/+2"Driving across town to save a nickel on a gallon of gas" Well that all depends on how far you're driving and how much you're saving. In SF, gas prices can vary as much as 0.20-.030. If you're filling 14 gallons, you can save about $3.00 by driving across town, which is about 3-6 miles depending on where you are. At a generously low mileage of 10mpg for city driving, that drive costs you about $1.50 for an overall savings of $1.50."Driving on the highway with their windows down to avoid using the air conditioner"
- jasonsalas, on 03/29/2008, -0/+2i'll begrudgingly admiit it, but when i'm low on gas and strapped for cash, i have been known to turn off the A/C...and the radio. go figure about the latter. for years one friend has preached shifting your manual transmission vehicle from 1 to 3 to 5 to save fuel.
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