Saturday, March 29, 2008

5 Ways to Stop Getting Hosed at the Pump

Each year the gas prices hit record highs and is turned into an incredible financial burden for consumers. To combat this situation, here are five tips that will help you save both gas and money.
1. Washing and waxing your car, not only makes the vehicle more beautiful, but also improves the aerodynamics, which, in turn, benefits the economy of fuel. Gas stations that also have a car wash times will offer coupons good sense money-off in the car wash. This is done as an incentive to get you to refuel in their station. Little do they know that in doing so are saving money at the pump. Keep your eyes open for bargains like these and you can easily reduce the drag on your vehicle and improve its energy efficiency.
2. When park your car trying to position it so that you can pull out of the area in front instead of reverse gear. As incredible as it may seem to go on the back actually uses more gas than go forward.
3. In situations where it is practical, you would do best to travel to your destination by means of a highway, instead of taking the city streets. Until we are able to travel at a constant speed your car will work much better than when he was travelling through the constant stop-and-go city driving.
4. While driving, not rest your left foot on both the brake or clutch. Applying the slightest bit of pressure will cause your vehicle to use more fuel. This practice also causes the car to use the equipment down earlier.
5. Once the vehicle reaches a speed high enough you should make use of the overdrive gear. Using overdrive will conserve gas and reduce the wear engine, allowing the vehicle engine to decrease. Consult the owner& 39;s manual for more information on this feature, and how best to use it. dokie warlock



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