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Written by Kay Riter   
The price of gas has effected everyone's lives. It makes the cost of everything higher than it the original price tag because you have to take into account the cost of the gas needed to get their. Even when gas prices go down, we're all just waiting for them to go back up again.
by KayRiter


The price of gas has effected everyone's lives. It makes the cost of everything higher than it the original price tag because you have to take into account the cost of the gas needed to get their. Even when gas prices go down, we're all just waiting for them to go back up again.

There are many things you can do to save gas. Taking care of your car is important including checking and changing your oil, changing your air filter, keeping your tires properly inflated, and simply driving so that you aren't damaging your engine, breaks, etc. You can also save on gas by driving more efficiently. Instead of revving the engine, accelerating quickly, or breaking often, we can reduce these gas guzzling practices to conserve gas.

The best way to save gas is the stop driving, hands down. Don't drive, and you won't spend a penny on gas. This, of course, is unreasonable for anyone who has to get anywhere such as work or school that is more than a couple miles away. You simply have to drive sometimes. In order to use this technique the most effectively for you, you should try to reduce driving as much as possible. Try some of the following ways to save trips.

Take less trips. If you go to the grocery store a few times a week, try going just once a week. Go to a bulk store and try shopping just once a month to save money on food and gas simultaneously.

Let's say you're grocery store is only 4 miles from your house. Taking 3 trips a week will add up to about 24 miles a week. If you get 24 miles per gallon in your car and you pay $3 for gas, if you drive to the store just twice a month, you'll save about $6 a month, or $72 a year. Shop just once a month and you can save $9 a month or $108 a year.

Cut all your trips down wherever you can. Don't go to the mall every weekend, try to just go once a month or less. You'll probably also spend less at the mall if you go less often. Run all your errands on your way to the mall, setting them up so that it is one continuous line. There is no need to drive more places out of the way than necessary.

Another great tip is to carpool. Do you work with someone that lives nearby? Let's say you have a 40 mile round-trip commute and you carpool with someone, so you only travel 100 miles per week instead of 200 miles. At about 20 miles per gallon and $3.50 per gallon, you save $840 a year. Add this to the previous $420 and you are saving $1,260 a year.

Finally, try not to drive so far for entertainment. Go out less and if you do go out, limit it to going close to home. Rent DVDs instead of going out to the movie theater. Stop eating out so often and cook for friends and family at home. Any of these tips can save you money. Put them all together and you could be saving a ton of money on gas every year.

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Take these simple ideas and you will save money on gas. Would you like to know how to become rich? It's not as hard as you may think!

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