41 Tips to Help You Save Gas, Do You Know Them All?

1. Combine trips - Running a errand in your gas guzzler? Try planning and timing your outings to reduce the amount of trips you have to make. eg. combine banking and a grocery shopping outing

2. Park at first spot you find - Avoid using unnecessary gas to find that “perfect spot” just park it and walk

3. Keep your car in good shape with regular tune-ups - Get serviced at mechanic regulary to check for any defects, wear, damage, or for any cleaning or flushing services

4. Change you oil regularly - This will help your engine run better, also try using synthetic oil.

5. Change you air filter regularly - Keeps air flow from being restricted

6. Upgrade air filter - Different makes/materials of air filters can help improve air flow, in turn improving mpg

7. Ensure proper tire pressure to max psi - Have your tires properly inflated for the psi rating located on the side of your tire. Rated psi listed on car, or manual is usually a comfort rating not a max rating

8. Remove unused items from vehicle to reduce load - Remove those golf bags, suit cases, useless tools from your vehicle it all adds up, the more load you have in your vehicle the more gas your going to use

9. Remove racks from roof or rear - Shed those pounds, reduce wind resistance! By removing any ski racks, bike racks, cargo racks your lightning your load and reducing drag drastically on your vehicle

10. Don’t idle your car - Just don’t! Uses more gas then restarting your vehicle. (not so much for diesel engines)

11. Have a planned route - Be prepared! Get directions, research with maps, use a GPS when traveling to unknown locations. This will reduce needless driving when you get lost and refuse to pull over.

12. Avoid quick bursts of acceleration and deceleration - Accelerating quickly uses more gas

13. Use windows at low speeds - Need to cool down? When traveling at lower speeds opening the windows will save more gas then using the air conditioner

14. Use A/C at highway speeds - Use A/C to cool you down rather then windows, as windows create massive drag/wind resistance which will use more gas

15. Stay in the shade - Gas can evaporate from the tank just like water! Every bit helps right? As well this will help keep the interior cooler, reducing possible A/C usage

16. Avoid rush hour - If only it were that simple right? By avoiding rush hour, you reduce travel time, traffic jams, backups, etc. Try leaving a little earlier, or later from work

17. Don’t warm up car forever - Keep it short. Avoid long warm up times in the winter, keep to a few minutes. Parking in a garage or using a engine block heater may help you out with that

18. Use overdrive gear if equipped - Using this option is a easy way to save gas

19. Avoid overfilling tank - Spilling is wasting

20. Use cruise control - Use cruise control to maintain a constant speed, such as on the highway. Plus it may keep you from speeding

21. Watch for day of the week gas is lower - Statistically speaking in most areas there is usually a common day where the gas price is generally lower then any other day of the week. Just take notice everyday for a while and you may find it

22. Buy full tanks all at once - Instead of buying $10 or $20 here in there, save the wasted time, and expense of going to the gas station so often

23. Use proper tires for season - Use your summer tires in summer and your winters in winter. Your gas savings will improve. Surprisingly yes, there are people who keep their winter tires on in the summer

24. Use proper gas octane - Use the proper gas octane for your vehicle, not doing so may result in loss of performance and lower your mpg

25. Don’t add aftermarket pieces - Such as a spoiler wing as it creates more drag

26. Mix Octanes - Does the gas station not provide your recommended octane rating, instead of buying the next highest, try mixing a lower and higher together

27. Buy a different car - Try a hybrid, electric, diesel, manual transmission car, or just plain and simple a different car with better MPG rating

28. Brake/coast in anticipation of lights and traffic - See a light that’s red, that may turn green soon, try lowering your speed slowly in anticipation to avoid braking, re- acceleration etc

29. Leave more space between you and vehicle ahead - to reduce braking, and allow for more coasting room

30. Manual shift at lowest rpm you can manage - If your car is manual shifting at the lower rps will help you save gas

31. Rent a more fuel efficient car for longer trips - calculate first to see if there would be savings

32. Carpool - Reduce the driving = save gas

33. Fill tank closer to empty - as tank is emptied it reduces wieght from your car

34. Modify car with lighter body parts - Replace cars body parts with a lighter material such as carbon fiber. Probably the hood would be the easiest

35. Add exhaust pipe - such as a cat back system can improve mpg maybe speed as well, by giving more airflow

36. Make sure your Fuel Cap is placed back on - Simple, but true. Don’t want that freshly bought gas to disappear do ya. Having the cap off can cause it to evaporate.

37. Keep truck tailgate up -Research has shown it to better benefit the mpg, then having it down, even though it may seem like it would increase drag by leaving it up. The truck was designed aerodynamically to work with it up.

38. Look up gas prices on web - Many websites offer local gas prices in your area, use them to help find a cheaper station before you head out

39. Pre-purchase gas - New company allows you to pre-purchase gas:

40. Get Rewards - Use a gas station that provides points/bonus dollars to redeem for more gas, or a credit card that offers a discount on gas

41. Reduce Vehicle usage - Take public transportation, use a bike, walk etc This is the best way to save gas