Saving on gas is both about saving money for yourself and helping the environment. Considering just the saving money for yourself part of the equation, the car you choose to buy in the first place is an important factor in how much money you will spend for gas. Lets say that you have a choice between a car for $10,000 that gets 20 mpg and one for $30,000 that gets 40 mpg, how many miles will you have to drive the economy car before you get that $20,000 difference in cost back? I have an Impala that doesn't get that stellar of performance for miles per gallon, but have put less than 25,000 miles on it in the over eight years I've been driving it.

According to an article by the Family Handyman, you should not use your car's air conditioner if you want to save gas. Really?! Want to save money on gas? Lose weight - you and the car. Remove the spare tire, jack, and anything that isn't essential to the car's operation. Don't use anything electrical in the car, which means never driving at night. Drive slowly. Coast through stop signs. Inflate the tires to the maximum allowed

Here are more tips to save money in general. Don't heat your house in the winter. Don't wash your clothes. Don't vacuum your floors. Don't mow the lawn.

GM and Mythbusters did controlled tests, and both found that driving with the windows open uses less gas. How much less? I don't care! When I'm too warm in the car, I turn on the A/C. My gas mileage varies with every fill-up, but unless I did a very controlled study, I would not be able to tell the difference. Forgetting about the temperature, driving with the windows open is very noisy.

Being calm and comfortable makes for a safer drive. Eliminating just one unnecessary trip to the store could save more gas than keeping the windows open.

You know what's awful about this article? With record temperatures throughout the country, some poor old woman is going to suffer with the A/C off to save a nickel a day.

According to an article by the Family Handyman, you should not use your car's air conditioner if you want to save gas. Really?! Want to save money on gas? Lose weight - you and the car. Remove the spare tire, jack, and anything that isn't essential to the car's operation. Don't use anything electrical in the car, which means never driving at night. Drive slowly. Coast through stop signs. Inflate the tires to the maximum allowed

Here are more tips to save money in general. Don't heat your house in the winter. Don't wash your clothes. Don't vacuum your floors. Don't mow the lawn.

GM and Mythbusters did controlled tests, and both found that driving with the windows open uses less gas. How much less? I don't care! When I'm too warm in the car, I turn on the A/C. My gas mileage varies with every fill-up, but unless I did a very controlled study, I would not be able to tell the difference. Forgetting about the temperature, driving with the windows open is very noisy.

Being calm and comfortable makes for a safer drive. Eliminating just one unnecessary trip to the store could save more gas than keeping the windows open.

You know what's awful about this article? With record temperatures throughout the country, some poor old woman is going to suffer with the A/C off to save a nickel a day.

When I was going to school, I drove a 1934 Ford coupe with suicide doors and mechanical brakes, actuated via metal rods. These rods were prone to breaking or detaching themselves from one end or the other and dragging on the ground with lots of sparks. Being low on time(I worked full time) and finances, I would wait until all four rods had disconnected before fixing them. This meant I was driving most of the time with only one or two of the brakes working.

Sometimes, I drove that car with no brakes at all! I was always looking way ahead trying to see what was going on and adjusting my speed accordingly so I would not need to stop.

If I had to stop at a light I would judge the distance, turn off the ignition to stop the motor from rotating. Then, coast while in a low gear, use the clutch, with the dead motor as a brake, to slow the forward movement of the car. If I misjudged the distance, I would sometimes end up short of the mark or in the middle of the intersection. When the light turned green, I would simply restart the motor and drive on. Or, if the battery was dead, I would push it to get it started again. Try that with suicide doors!

I also stretched out my gas mileage in that car by pushing in the clutch(or putting the gearbox into neutral) anytime I was off the gas (Called FREE WHEELING). Then I used the technique above to slow or stop if the brakes were not working.