These days I feel like I'm bleeding money at the gas pumps. As a REALTOR focusing on country property and driving many miles every day, I have become very focused on any way that I can keep my gas costs down. Below are some ways to maximize your gasoline purchase.
1. Always fill up when your gas tank gets to half, don't be in the habit of waiting until it gets down to a quarter or like me when you are driving on fumes. Gasoline evaporates very easily and quickly. The more air that you have in your tank the more quickly your gasoline will evaporate. This may explain why it seems like the gas guage goes down faster when it registers below half; it really is dropping quicker.
2. Always fill up in the morning when the ground temperature is at its lowest. Gas expands in warmer temperatures. The tanks are buried; therefore the colder the ground the denser the gasoline. As a result when the ground temperature is warmer the gallon of gas you are putting in your car may actually be less than a gallon.
3. When you are filling up always pump at slow speed. Remember that gas vaporizes easily and when you are pumping slowly you are keeping the vapors to a minimum. The hoses at the gas pumps are equipped with a vapor return and the vapors that are created when pumping go back into the storage tank with the result that you are actually getting less gas.
4. When you pull in to the station to buy gas, if you see a tanker filling up the tanks do not buy gas at that time. Sediment that usually settles at the bottom is being stirred up and could get into your tank.
These tips came to me with the instructions to share with everyone you know. For more information on this issue and energy saving see the April issue of Keswick Life Magazine.
Pam Dent, e-PRO, SRES
Real Estate III
Charlottesville, Virginia
www.JumpintoGreenerPastures.com
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