Save Money on Gas the Easy Way
There are tons of articles with the same topic – how to save money on gas. With gas ( petrol to our British friends ) approaching or exceeding $4 per gallon, that makes sense. Many of these articles offer sound tips, such as drive slower, avoid fast starts, anticipate traffic, among others. Then there are even websites that list all the gas stations in a given area, and their gas prices. So, in theory, you could look up your area, check to see who is selling gas cheapest, and go there.
That’s too hard
When I need gas, I go buy it. Looking it up online, and then going out of my way to save a few pennies per gallon is way, way too much work. Perhaps other folks have more time to fool around with things like that, but I doubt it. Life is busy these days – why waste time with this? I have a much better, simpler way to save money on gas. It’s revolutionary, so you might want to sit down if you’re not already. Ok, ready?
DRIVE LESS.
I know, revolutionary. If you drive less miles, you will use less gas. If you use less gas, you’ll spend less money. Therefore, less driving = less money spent. Unbelievable, I know. But really, you don’t have to drive to the mall 3 times a week. You don’t need to go out with your friends twice on the weekend. You can say no. In addition to saving gas money, you’ll save money by not purchasing things.
Sometimes the best solution is the simplest. Drive less. Save money.
May 30th, 2008 at 1:04 pm
Thank you captain obvious ^_^
Kidding!
I agree wholeheartedly. In fact I’ve even gone so far as to change my living and work arrangements to save on gas money. The reason I haven’t posted in a while (well, one of the reasons:) I plan on posting about this sometime next week.
Nice to be reminded of simple solutions sometimes. Thanks Llama!
May 30th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Simply said. I work for a company that manages and tracks gift cards, and we’re all about saving money, and finding new ways to simplify things. We blogged about saving gas on savvywallet.com, but it’s nothing new. Check your tires, air filter, drive the limit, etc. I run my car off of waste veggie oil. It’s the best thing ever. I commute about 500 miles a week, and I haven’t spent money on fuel since Jan. It’s a lot of work, but it’s great considering diesel is up to $5.40 a gallon now.
May 31st, 2008 at 9:28 am
Here is a link to 13 articles to help folks save their money on fuel.
http://energyboomer.typepad.com/energyboomer/save_when_you_drive/index.html
June 1st, 2008 at 12:15 am
What would happen to gas prices if all Americans went out today and bought a scooter that got 65mpg or better and that’s all we drove. You would not have to worry about the big SUV running you over. Right now I have a 10 gallon tank in my car that I have to fill up every 9 to 10 days. With a 1 gallon tank on the scooter filling up every 3 to 4 days I would be cutting gas consumption in half.
My dad was in the military and I can remember my mom doing the grocery shopping twice a month payday. She made a list and had the menu for the 2 weeks if we were having hamburger 1 night, meatloaf 1 night, and hamburger helper 1 night then she bought X amount of hamburger. She did not have the luxury of the 24 hour stores to pick up things she had forgotten or the money to make 2 or 3 trips to the store a day to buy things.
If we all just started doing our shopping like this how much gas would be saved? How many of us go to the grocery store and come home then drive back to the video store to rent a movie later?
June 2nd, 2008 at 4:10 pm
Captain obvious, indeed
Sometimes things are so obvious that they get overlooked. I’ll proudly wear my captain obvious cape 
Scooters are an interesting idea. I’m thinking about getting my wife a scooter ( actually a battery powered one – so zero gas ) for her commute. It’s only about 2 miles each way, and no highways, so I’m not worried about her safety. That’s a serious amount of gas that could be saved.
If even a fraction of our city-dwelling citizens would ditch the car ( or taxi ) for a scooter, the gas savings would be tremendous.
August 8th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
It’s common sense… but then again, common sense seems less and less common by the day! Yes, driving less makes a huge difference, and it leads us to consolidate our trips in the car. This means that we use less gas – sometimes a lot less. The cost of car insurance is not changing much for us, so if we can keep the cost of fuel down then we will be able to manage this increase OK.
Jerry