How To Save on Gas
Without Changing Your Driving Habits
By
Scott Siegel
http://www.beatthegaspump.com
There are a number of methods you can use to reduce your
overall expense of gas purchases even before you consider
changing your driving habits or taking any actions on your
car. These strategies consist of smart buying and good
management of your gas purchases.
One of the easiest and most basic methods is smart shopping
for gas. If you were buying a camera you would shop around
for the store with the lowest price. For some reason most of
us were trained to treat gas differently. You probably buy
gas where it is convenient regardless of price. That is what
you need to change.
As with any other commodity you want to save money on, shop
around for the lowest price. Of course if you waste 10
gallons of gas driving around to find the lowest price it
defeats the purpose of finding the lowest price. The trick
is to do the shopping without wasting gas doing it.
You can try to shop around in your local area for the
cheapest gas but you shouldn't go too far out of your way.
The minute you start driving around looking for good gas
prices you start burning gas which adds to your gas expense.
Since your goal is to save money you would be defeating the
purpose by driving around for too long.
Studies done by the AAA indicate that it costs on average
approximately 51.7 cents per mile to operate your car. So
every two miles you drive to find a better price could be
costing you $1.00.
That means that if you have a 15 gallon gas tank that you
would fill completely, you would have to beat the
neighborhood station by about 7 cents. For every two miles
you drive beyond that you would have to save another 7
cents. You can see after only a short distance any savings
would be nullified.
The smart way to shop around is to find the low price
stations during your normal daily driving. By doing that you
will not be using any extra gas. Keep a small notebook in
your car. As you see stations that have low prices note the
location in your notebook.
Later, after reviewing the information you have collected in
your notebook, you can plan to stop at the station that has
been noted by you to have the lowest prices. Then you can
fill up at a location that you would normally be driving
near in the course of your daily routine. That way you are
not using any extra gas to find your bargain. The net result
is spending less on gas!===========================================================
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