(This is the latest entry in a semi-regular feature at Snark-Infested Waters, where I point out things that should be really obvious but, somehow, are not.)
Tired of high gas prices? Here are a few tips that you should have already thought of yourself:
* Buying premium gas? Well, knock it off, dummy. I’ve never bought anything above regular in my life and I’ve not suffered for it. Save 20 cents a gallon and stop being so stuck-up about your petrol. 93 octane my pasty pink posterior…
* Angry that Exxon/Mobil is making crazy profits off of you? Then don’t buy gas there! Sacrifice your pointless brand loyalty and just buy the cheapest gas you can find (which won’t be at an Exxon or Mobil station, that’s for damn sure).
* Do you own a vehicle that’s too ridiculously huge for your actual needs? Then get rid of it and buy a normal car…you know, something with a gas tank smaller than your average above-ground swimming pool and a gas mileage rating that isn’t measured in single digits. That way you save gas, and you’ll probably knock your car payment down a few bills as well.
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Another easy way to save some gas…
SLOW DOWN!
Peak fuel efficiency is somewhere around 60MPH. Going 70 uses 10% more gas, going 80 increases it another 10% (for a total of 21%).
The time to travel 1 mile at 60MPH is 1 minute. 70MPH 51 seconds. 80MPH 45 seconds. So for a trip of 20 miles on the highway (say Rt 24). Going 80 saved you 5 minutes off your total travel time.
Now going 60 on the highway is a sure way to get yourself killed but 70 should spare you the scorn of most of your fellow drivers and save you some money to boot.