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Five Tips To Save On
Gasoline
Reducing the cost of driving your car can be
done fairly easy simply by paying a bit more
attention to your car. Here are 5 easy ways
to cut the amount of gas your car uses:
1. Purchase your gasoline when it's coolest
outside such as in the early morning or at
night. Gas becomes denser in cooler
temperatures. Since gas pumps only measure
the volume of fuel - and not the density -
you'll get better overall gas mileage for
your money by purchasing fuel when it's cool
outside rather than in the heat of the day.
2. Religiously check your car's tire
pressure each month (make sure to purchase a
good-quality dial-type gauge for yourself --
pencil-style gauges and the ones mounted on
the air hose are unreliable according to
federal government surveys). Under inflated
tires reduce fuel efficiency by 2% for every
pound they are under inflated. Under
inflation also causes premature tire wear
giving your tires a shorter use life.
3. Slow down and drive at the speed limit.
Cars use about 20% more fuel driving at 70
miles per hour than they do at 55 miles per
hour.
4. Remove all the excess weight from your
car. Many people use their car trunk as a
storage space adding unneeded pounds to the
car's weight. This unnecessary weight
reduces the car's fuel efficiency by about
1% for every 100 lbs.
5. For most cars, higher octane gas is
simply a waste of money. Regular unleaded
(approx. 87 octane or so) is the least
expensive and what you should purchase. It's
important to remember that octane is a
measurement of how hard it is to ignite the
gas, not the quality of the gas. Purchase
mid or high octane gas only if your engine
pings, knocks or rattles when using regular
unleaded fuel.
NEA Members – A+ Auto and Home feels that it
is very important, in this time of high gas
prices, to be informed and understand how to
reduce gasoline costs!
For additional info and a free, no
obligation, quote please contact(877)
411-1427!!!
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