Spend Less on Gas Without the Need to Change Your Driving!
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.
One of the easiest and most basic methods is smart shopping for gas. If you were buying a camera you would shop around for the store with the lowest price. For some reason most of us were trained to treat gas differently. You probably buy gas where it is convenient regardless of price. That is what you need to change.
As with anything else you want to save money buying, you need to shop around for the lowest price. Of course you have to be careful keeping in mind that if you use 5 gallons of gasoline to find the lowest price it will be self defeating. The idea is to do the comparison shopping without consuming gas doing it.
Shop around in your neighborhood for the lowest price gas that you can find but don't go too far out of your way. As soon as you start driving the meter starts running. Since the idea is to save money you would be working against yourself 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.
If you have a 15 gallon tank that you would fill (assuming you were empty) to the top, you would have to find a price 10 cents lower than your usual station. Every three miles after that you would need to save another 10 cents. You can see that very quickly over a short distance the potential savings decreases and in fact if you drive too far you could end up spending more money.
The best way to find the lowest price stations is to do so during your normal daily driving routine. If you do that you will not be using any extra gasoline. Have a small notebook with you or in your car. When you see gas stations that have good prices indicate the location 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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