Spend Less on Gas Without the Need to Change Your Driving!

By: Scott Siegel


There are many ways you can try to reduce your expense of gasoline purchases without having to consider changing the way you drive. You can utilize these strategies without having to modify or service your car. These methods entail the intelligent buying and proper management of your gasoline purchases.

A basic and easy method is smart shopping for gas. Look for the lowest priced gas station. Sounds really obvious doesn't it. But it's not. If you were shopping for a camera or radio you would look around for the place with the best price. For some odd reason we learned to treat gasoline differently. You most likely often purchase gas where it is the most convenient rather than where the price is the lowest. That is what needs to be unlearned.

As with any other item you want to save money on, you need to shop around for the lowest price for fuel. You must keep in mind though, that if you use 12 gallons of fuel to find the lowest priced station it will be counterproductive. The idea is to do the shopping consuming the least amount of 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.

The AAA has done studies that indicate that on average it costs approximately 51.7 cents per mile to operate your vehicle. That is the number for cars so if you drive an SUV or truck it is higher. At 51.7 cents per mile every two miles you drive to find a better deal 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 ideal situation would be to find the lowest price stations without using any extra gas. The solution is to find these stations during your normal daily driving routine. If you do that you will not be using any extra fuel. Make sure you have a small notebook or pad of paper with you or in your car. When you see fuel at low prices write the location and the price in the notebook.

Later, when you have time to compare prices in your notebook, you can decide where to stop for gas during your normal driving routine. By doing that you will find better prices but will save all the gas you would have used if you had driven around looking. You will have been able to take advantage of the best gas prices and will not have used any extra gas to do it! The result is a real savings on your fuel purchases!

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Scott Siegel has written a 143 page book of automotive industry insider secrets on saving gas and money at the pump (beatthegaspump.com). Visit us to learn how you can get better gas mileage. Find out how to increase gas mileage.
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