How to get higher miles per gallon from your vehicle

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How to get higher miles per gallon (or MPG) from your vehicle is a common question being asked by many drivers these days.  Miles per gallon numbers on vehicles can vary greatly based on the vehicle, driving conditions and many other factors.  With this said, there are a number of tips and strategies you can [...]

Locking gas cap – Protect your gas from theft

Locking Gas Cap

As gas prices are rising, so are the number of reported thefts of gas.  Yes, you read that correctly – people are stealing gas for their cars.  Armed with siphon hoses, drills and even weapons, gas thieves are roaming neighborhoods and parking lots looking for easy to steal gasoline.  One big step you can take [...]

Improve gas mileage by driving the speed limit

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I frequently travel about 3 hours from my home office to a local large city for business.  I focus on practicing some hypermiling techniques to improve gas mileage. The main hypermiling technique I use is going the speed limit. While this strategy does seem to make a big difference and does improve my gas mileage, [...]

How to be a hypermiler

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Gas prices are on the rise, and people are getting extremely creative in coming up with ways to get the maximum amount of miles out of each gallon of gas. A rare group called hypermilers modify their driving habits significantly to improve mileage and reduce vehicle emissions. Hypermiling also generally involves driving a hybrid vehicles [...]