How can I save gas and money while traveling across country?

Question

I'm relocating from California to Texas this week (military) and I wanted to know if anyone has any good suggestions for saving money while traveling. I want to try and do what I can to save money and use my gas as efficiently as possible.

Answer 1

You need to do just two things

#1 Read this article

http://janatanews.com/2008/june/how_to_m...

#2 Swithch to a fuel efficient car. Calculate your saving using

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Answer 2

In regards to not driving too quickly, make sure you dont drive any higher than 55 MPH, this is partly because your gas effieciency is greatly reduced after that speed. This is caused by air resistance your car creates by the speed, which makes your engine work harder to stay at the same speed.

Although it would probably be quite hard to do this on a drive from California to Texas, try driving with your AC turned down or off, or your windows down. By not using AC your car will be more fuel efficient overall.

You can also make your car MUCH MORE fuel efficient by making sure your air filter is clean (if its dirty replace it). By replacing your spark plugs, you can actually make your car 30% more fuel effiecient,so make sure they are in good shape/replaced by the time you start your travels.

Hopefully these tips helped,if you'd like a little more help I suggest you check out http://tipsforsavinggas.net for more help on making your car as fuel efficient as possible!

Good Luck!,

Mike

Answer 3

The best way to save gas on a long trip is to simply not drive so fast.  I have a car that gives me the gas mileage on a display in the dash, and I can see the mileage go down as I drive faster.  Sticking to the speed limit works out just fine.

Anything else would just be common sense.  Eat fast food instead of at nicer restaurants.  If you have to stop and spend the night somewhere, pick a decent hotel, but nothing too fancy.  Etc. . .

Answer 4

Hitch-hike like the 60's generation did.

Answer 5

drive the speed limit and do not tail gate. try not to overload the car. Make sure tires are properly inlfated.

As far as A/C, the other poster is wrong. Modern A/C's are extremely efficient and studies have shown there is a negligible difference bewtween driving with it on or off. At highway speeds, windows open creates a signifigant amount of drag, wasting far more gas than driving with the A/C on. Windows doen breaks up the aerodynamic nature of the car, which is designed to have minimal drag. Thats why cars look the way the do today and not like they did in 1950.

The best you can do is drive smart. Set the cruise at the speed limit, sit back and relax. Every 5 mph above 65 actaully costs 10% more and doesn't really get you there any quicker, plus doing the limit saves on traffic tickets.

Ignore the idiots who will tailgate you and race on by. They obviously have big bank accounts or have somewhere real important to be.

I just returned from a 800 mile trip. I got 30MPG in a 2004 Impala. All I did was set the cruise at the speed limit, made sure the tires where inflated right... With the AC on.

Answer 6

Here is the best way...

go to...

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Answer 7

Well, I just got back this past week-end from a trip that was over 750 miles long....We were testing a new additive that claimed to increase gas mileage...I was pretty skeptical as there are LOTS Of claims going around right now.

SO anyways. I stuck 1/2 oz of this product into my tank when I filled my 1998 Honda Odyssey which gets a respectable 24 miles to the gallon on the internet state..

It was 381 miles later when we filled up and we increased our miles per gallon by 15% which saved us about 64 cents a gallon...pretty decent I would say..

ON the way back, we showed a 19% increase and got 28.6 miles per gallon...This was fantastic and I am very happy with these results and it is documented and proven savings.

Also, the car ran GREAT....

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