I am tweaking all spending in my household.Trying to think of every way possible to build my on-line income and at the same time spend less money. I have looked at every aspect of my spending and am now trying to find ways to cut back. So, thats where my "little gas experiment" comes from. I decided to see how far I could stretch a tank of gas if I just changed my driving habits. Well I am happy to say after changing a few things about the way I drive, I was able to drive on a tank of gas for 6 days longer than usual!!!! Here is what I did,

1. As soon as I see a light up ahead turn red, I take my foot off the gas and coast up to it. (as long as nobody behind me looks to be in a big hurry to get to the red light!)

2. Going down any, I mean ANY hill or even slopes, if nobody is behind me, I coast down the hill. Might sound crazy but I was amazed how many hills around me I used to be pushing on the gas even though the car will move pretty darn fast down the hill without the added gas!

3) Planning my trips! I really made an effort to consolidate the days I run errands so I am not going back and forth several days in a row.

4) Also, decided to make an effort not to push so hard on the gas pedal when starting up from a stop sign/light. Easing into it instead.

5) Not running my air conditioner as much, but we had a very bad heat wave here, so I did use it more than I would have liked. (And I am told that if you are going faster than 40 mph, you may as weel use it rather than rolling windows down, which causes drag on the vehicle and thus uses more gas.

Every little bit counts!!