Frustrated at the Pump? Tips on Improving Your Gas Mileage
Still more gas saving tips -from Wall Street Week:
1. Only fill up your car in the early morning when the ground temperature is still cold. The colder the ground the more dense the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands so when buying in the afternoon or evening… your gallon is not exactly a gallon.
2. When you’re filling up, do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapor return. If you are pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the underground storage tank so you’re getting less for your money.
3. Fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or HALF EMPTY. The more gas you have in your tank, the less air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine.
4. If there is a gasoline truck pumping into the storage tanks when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up. Most likely the gasoline is being stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.
and a few of my own:
5. Use cruise control whenever you can. The steady electronic acceleration uses less gas than pressing the pedal manually.
6. Don’t let your car idle needlessly for long periods of time. Your burning gas but not going any where!
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