Comments on: The Top 10 Easiest Ways to Save Gas

By: KAREEM Idris

KAREEM Idris — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 07:45:54 +0000

What a nice way!

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:29:35 +0000

This is an excellent tip. You can save a substantial amount of gas by accelerating and decelerating gently rather than going from Zero to 60 in a few seconds, or slamming on the brakes to meet a stop or red light. In fact, by doing so, you’re actually damaging your car – or at the very least wearing out brake pads much quicker than you would if you drove mindful of starting and stopping gradually.

By: Donny

Donny — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 17:21:20 +0000

you’re the biggest load of crap! every little thing helps. You probably don’t even own a car and have to call your friends for rides everywhere like a loser!

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:10:35 +0000

Hey, when are we going to hear something about natural gas conversions? No one in the northeast is doing them, but they HAVE to be done to get us off gasoline. Natural gas will run in gas or diesel engines with little modification and milage improves as the cost of driving falls, so who out there is qualified and willing to do this for the rest of us? Needs to happen soon!

By: Larry

Larry — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:06:04 +0000

Walking is for quadrupeds. If I must walk to get someplace, I’d just as soon stay home.
Checking gas mileage every tank is a fabulous idea! I have found my milage to vary as much as 3 mpg depending on where I fill up. No more Valero or Citgo!

By: H

Wed, 21 May 2008 18:14:51 +0000

Nice article. But most of the solutions given are either very inconvenient or not doable at all!

Taking care of all these things totally takes the pleasure and convenience out of driving a car.

Why not walk instead?

By: K

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 23:11:31 +0000

this helped, with my driver ed hw. thnks

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By: Pal

Pal — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:06:55 +0000

Another tip that can be useful is coasting whenever possible. Might not be too useful in an automatic transmission, but in my manual Scion xB I went from around 31 to 36mpg by adding just that to my routine.

Say a light just turned red a block away. I’ll pop into neutral and start coasting, slowly losing speed as I approach. Other cars might zip past me just to hit their brakes at the light, while I either gently brake to stop or even better, coast through the intersection a few seconds after the light turns green and never need to brake.

Depending on how aerodynamic the car is, you can coast quite a bit. The engine uses minimal fuel at idle, so you save that way. You just have to counter with driver safety and the additional wear on the clutch if you take it to the extreme.

As to the tire pressure, your tires should have the maximum safe pressure listed on the side. If you choose to inflate above the norm (which is well below this number), always drive around for a while to get the tires heated up first. If you inflate to near max when cold, just driving around will then heat it up and exceed a safe level. Once warm you can inflate them a bit higher and lower your rolling resistance/traction. But you also lower your traction in a bad way, you will have less grip in turns and when stopping.

By: Brian Carr

Brian Carr — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 14:54:42 +0000

Thanks for the comment. You’re right, making sure your car is kept in good condition is certainly a great way to maintain peak gas mileage.

In terms of tires; I’m very leery of recommending anything other than the tire and tire pressure recommended by the car’s manufacturer.

Your last point about checking your gas mileage each tank is a great idea and is something I will write about in the future.