How To Save Money On Gas

There is one sure way to use less gas and save money - slow down. In a typical sedan, every 10 miles per hour you drive over 60 is like adding 54 cents a gallon to your costs. Every 10 miles per hour over 60 reduces fuel economy by 4 miles per gallon.

Lets do the math. If a car gets 28 mpg at 65, driving at 75 reduces it to 24 mpg. Fuel costs over 100 miles, for example - estimated at $3.25 a gallon - would increase by $1.93, or the cost of an additional .06 gallons of gas. That would be like paying 54 cents a gallon more for each of the 3.6 gallons used at 65 mph. That per-gallon price difference remains constant over any distance.

Engineers at Consumer Reports magazine tested and proved this theory many times in different sizes and types of vehicles. So, all you need to do to save money is slow down.