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	How to save at the gas pump

willhelm

11-14-2007 9:09 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/fba3a9b5-d907-44d4-b53d-f67bfa0078de/7D0168C4-78CC-44CB-84E1-78864CA71DE3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950" href="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950" style="font-size: 11px;">www.gomestic.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Fill your tank earlier in the morning. The colder the ground the denser the fuel. Warmer gas expands and you get less for your money.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Use the trigger at a slower mode, as the highest mode increases vapors and decreases the actual amount of gas going into your tank, but not what the pump is registering.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> It is better to fill your tank, when it is at the halfway mark, because there is less air in the tank.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Drive gently avoiding jack rabbit stops and starts, as quick stops and starts can burn up to 5% more gas.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Another extra 2% can be burned by carrying an additional 100 pounds of weight in the trunk.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Improve gas mileage by 4% by keeping your engine tuned properly.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Properly inflated and aligned <A href="#" class="kLink"  id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="#469a1e"><SPAN class="kLink">tires</SPAN></FONT></A> can improve mileage by 3%.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Clean air filters can make as much as a 10% difference in your mileage.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.gomestic.com/Consumer-Information/How-to-Save-At-the-Gas-Pump.57950"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Combining trips can save considerably in gas and time.</LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7D0168C4-78CC-44CB-84E1-78864CA71DE3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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