The Comprehensive Guide To Saving Money on Gas

Step 5 Steps 10, 11, & 12 - Gassing Up

Check Gas Prices Online

There are a few great websites that list the cheapest gas prices in your area, so why not use them. You can save 10 or 20 cents on the gallon at gas stations you might not of seen otherwise. Don't however, drive 20 miles out of your way to get the lower priced gas, you'll lose you're benefit. Also, while you're filling up, why not check your air filter and tire pressure?.

"Hmm, Tip 11 was removed, so I need a new tip.."

Get a Gas Card

I personally don't like to use credit cards, but for gas, I can save 5% on each purchase.
Considering I purchase about $8,000 in gas a year, that's about 400 bucks. It also lets me fill up faster and not have to worry about creepy late shift gas attendants (no offense guys)

Comments

[fwater]

It continues... pure nonsense, but backed up by math, so it must be true, right? The temperature past just a few inches underground fluctuates very little. By your thinking, we in MN must be saving an absolute fortune in January. The problem here is, you put this myth right after a suggestion to look up cheaper gas prices. This is an undisputable and valuable way to save a buck in the car. Most people won't look at the two different topics and dispute this one because the don't belive the one about the weight of gas, they will instead believe what you say about the effects on gas at noon because the first suggestion is a truth. Please, hypermilers, environmentalist crusaders, modern-day hippies, stop with the unsubstantiated claims.

[RickO5]

I had no idea I was subconsciously organizing my tips to toy with the minds the readers! And by that, I mean the order was entirely random. Actually, this is a claim I have been meaning to take off of here, but not for that reason. Modern gas stations that most of us fill up at (and that most states require) have temperature corrected flow rates. I was basing this on the only gasoline pump Ive had the pleasure of disassembling, that was made sometime in the 40's. Either way, thanks for the comment.

[fwater]

An easly repeated mistake. We all have seen something or another repeated endlessly accross the web, and this was one. But, gone forever now! Perhaps the new number 11 could have something to do with the importance of a properly-functioning emmissions system. Dozens of different parts, each able to cause lost mileage when clogged/broken/even missing.

[RickO5]

Thats a very good idea, though its really beyond what I imagine the general readership of this article could do on their own. Overall, Id say that would be lumped with "maintain your vehicle". Maintaining you vehicle with best gas mileage in mind could be an article onto itself.

[TwasBrillig]

I have read that there is some merit to when to gas up. Buy the gas in the early morning, after the fuel in the ground tank has cooled as much as it will, not in the evening, when the heat of the day percolates down to the storage tank.

[RickO5]

Thats a great point! Thanks!

[arionisa]

look it up on snopes.com, over the course of a year you MIGHT save about 3 cents.