3 tips to save on gas

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I just got these tips and thought I'd share them with you. 1. The easiest thing to do to increase gas mileage without so much as spending a plugged nickel: inflate your tires to their maximum recommended pressure. Why? By inflating your tires as recommended, there will be less friction from tire contact on the road. Less friction means less drag, and less drag means the car will roll easier. An easier rolling car means it takes slightly less energy to move it on down the highway. The less energy used means saving gasoline! Estimates state if everyone properly inflated their tires, we would save about 2 billion gallons of gasoline per year. That's a big WOW right there. 2. Replace your regular spark plugs with platinum tipped ones. The regular electrodes in spark plugs corrode at a much higher rate than a platinum tipped version. Corroded tips don't burn the fuel as well, and consequently, you'll lose a little gas mileage every time you drive. Platinum tipped plugs are good for at least 100,000 miles. Regular tipped plugs should be changed every 10,000 miles or so for maximum benefit. 3. Use synthetic oil and an oil additive in your crankcase every time you change your oil. Synthetic oils are more slippery than regular oil, and there are some very fine Teflon based oil additives to make that oil even slipperier. Slippery oil means less friction when the pistons are moving up and down. As we know, less friction means more power but better still, more efficiency. Efficiency always equates to higher gas mileage. I have been using a Teflon based oil additive in my cars for over 25 years. I know for a fact with my cars, I always gain 5 to 8 miles per gallon just by doing this one simple thing. mygreenclick.com