Comments on: Save Money on Gas the Easy Way http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/ It's not just money - it's Llama Money Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:14:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jerry http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-621 Jerry Sat, 09 Aug 2008 00:15:48 +0000 http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/#comment-621 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 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

]]> By: Llama Money http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Llama Money Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:10:12 +0000 http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/#comment-547 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. 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.

]]> By: Bob http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Bob Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:15:25 +0000 http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/#comment-544 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? 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?

]]> By: Birney Summers http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Birney Summers Sat, 31 May 2008 15:28:15 +0000 http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/#comment-543 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 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

]]> By: Austin Chu http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-542 Austin Chu Fri, 30 May 2008 20:26:28 +0000 http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/#comment-542 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. 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.

]]> By: RJ http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/comment-page-1/#comment-541 RJ Fri, 30 May 2008 19:04:01 +0000 http://www.llamamoney.com/save-money-on-gas-the-easy-way/#comment-541 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! 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!

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