Archive for the ‘Driving Habits’ Category

Why Your Grandma Gets Better Gas Mileage Than You

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007

Have you ever been told that you drive like a grandma? If so, good for you! If not, after reading this, you might want to change your ways. At first glance this should seem like an insult, however, I fully believe it should be taken as a compliment. ...

What Your Driver’s Ed Teacher Would Say About Gas Mileage

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

Remember back in high school, when your driver's ed teacher would ramble on, talking about important things that you were sure you already knew?  Turns out, we probably should have paid better attention because a lot of the things he or she talked about go a long way towards helping ...

Turn Your Car Into a Hybrid by Simply Turning it Off

Tuesday, March 27th, 2007

I remember sitting in my 9th grade science class, and somehow we ended up getting in a discussion about gasoline prices.  My teacher told us that he had heard that the price of gas was getting so expensive in Germany that their government was asking people to turn off their ...

Let the Complaining Begin

Monday, March 12th, 2007

First off, let me apologize for the preachy tone of this post.  We're barely two months into 2007 and not anywhere near the beginning of the summer's peak driving season, yet gas prices are up over 15% for the year and there's not a whole lot of relief in sight. Unfortunately, if last summer ...

The Top 10 Easiest Ways to Save Gas

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

With the recent drop in oil and gas prices, I'm sure many of us have forgotten the good driving habits we learned when we were paying $1 more a gallon of gas.  It's amazing how quickly we forget to pay attention to our gas mileage when our gas bill is cut by a ...