- Today I have seven ways to save huge on gas.
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Fuel frugality, Oh, we are gonna save ourselves
some money today.
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It's just jam packed savings.
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I wish it was a car today, that would be so cool
on mattsdailydeals.com but we are gonna discuss your car,
your RV or trailer, even your boat
with some serious fuel efficiency.
And hopefully this isn't gonna be one of those videos
where I give out all of that really obvious advice
that aggravates people, like you know,
don't drive too fast on the highway
because if you go really fast
it affects your fuel efficiency and then,
I'm not gonna do that.
Hopefully this will be stuff where
it's an actual beneficial bargain for you
and I know you're gonna know some of the items on my list
for some of you because I've got very intelligent
subscribers and viewers but hopefully that won't
be the case for all of this information.
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So first things first, and it's probably what I would call
the no brainer of this list.
But number one, find your gas on your route.
A lot of people will drive so far away
from where they need to be to save an extra five
or 10 cents on fuel.
You might not even realize you're doing it.
But this is something that I've seen so many people do,
you get the gas app, you get really excited,
and then you drive two miles to save 10 cents on fuel worth,
if you can actually plan your route accordingly
to your home or to your work.
That more expensive gas station that is on your way
will actually save you more.
You need to do a little bit of math,
but don't just start driving around town or the city.
Or even in bad weather, I've seen people do it,
they go to completely different wrong directions,
exposing themselves to all other types of vulnerabilities
where sometimes, the more expensive station on your way
is the way to go.
That might have been obvious.
Let's go to something that's far less obvious
as my number two suggestion.
Purchase gas early or late in the day,
especially during warm months, a reminder that gas is cooler
earlier in the day and more dense.
As temperatures rise, gas density falls,
and you get less of it when you pump.
As a reminder purchase gas earlier or late in the day.
Number three, consider using what I think is one of the best
apps ever built to help you streamline your fuel efficiency.
If you've never heard of GasBuddy, a reminder,
this is not what it was if you may have tested it
two or three years ago,
this will not only help you save money on gas,
but new additions to this include gas price charts,
so you can actually watch over specific dates
and areas over time.
And one of my favorite features, is an outage tracker.
I know what you guys are thinking,
"why do you need an outage tracker?"
If you're planning a long road trip,
or if it is a time where there's a lot of concern
over what's going on in the world right now, right.
A lot of people stocking up for emergency prep situations,
it's really good to know where areas are
completely out of fuel.
So this is again, what I would consider
not just fuel efficiency, but peace of mind
and emergency tracking.
But GasBuddy is a great way to plan long trips,
you can enter your starting locations
where you're stopping and then you can even streamline
your efficiency by putting in your vehicle information.
So your tank size, and your overall fuel economy
is all taken into account.
Fuel efficiency trick number four,
get an air pressure monitor.
This could be the most important emergency device
you have in your glove compartment.
But sometimes, lemme just open this
for you guys for a second.
Checking, not filling, but checking the PSI and your tires
can fully determine your fuel efficiency
for the course of that week.
It's really cumbersome if you don't have something
that's small, but you plug this into your tire,
you immediately get a pressure reading
and with this deal that I found on mattsdailydeals.com,
a reminder, by the way, I am paid in connection
with these deals.
This is 69 down from 99 for a cordless air compressor
and of course, your key to achieving
some great fuel efficiency.
It works not just when your tires go flat,
but for that ongoing monitoring, which I think is key.
Number five, for the sake of heavens,
join a warehouse club not only are those wonderful
bulk buying clubs like BJs and Costco,
so fantastic for your overall bulk savings
if you have a family,
but your membership alone will pay for the fuel savings
that they impart and yes,
if you go Saturday afternoon
where everyone on earth is shopping,
you're gonna do a really long wait,
but you will save regularly on gas
and if there is a location near you,
I'm telling you that membership will
pay for itself very quickly.
And a bonus tip if you are a T-Mobile subscriber
and you are watching right now a reminder,
your T-Mobile Tuesday app has regular savings at Shell.
So let me just open this up for a second and again
next Tuesday, I'm going to save 10 cents off per gallon.
That is just for being a T-Mobile subscriber.
That of course is great
if you do not wanna join a warehouse club,
T-Mobile weekly will give you similar savings.
If shell is in your area and that is a gas station
you don't mind shopping at.
Trick number six.
I know we all love our convertibles,
if you're fortunate enough to have one, I don't,
and you love opening up your windows
and you love your dog sticking its head
safely out the window.
Do not do that if you do not need to.
An open window drastically increases the drag and costs
in terms of your fuel
so keep your windows closed whenever possible.
Remember any type of unneeded car rack or carrier,
my parents have a bike rack, I have a ski rack,
if you have a luggage rack.
All of this will make a great difference,
in terms of how dynamic your vehicle is.
And I again, I tested this, we did two drives
back and forth between Sedona and Phoenix,
one with the windows open,
and one with the windows closed
and I kid you not, with the exact same fuel prices
over the course of the President's Day weekend
on the way in and on the way out,
there was a, I don't know, maybe a 12 or $14 difference
over the course of one drive.
That was with windows open all the way,
I know you're not gonna open all your windows
all the way and go for a two hour drive.
But I wanted to see for myself if this made a difference.
And it did, again, that's an extreme example.
And I was really hoping to achieve extreme results.
But windows all the way open, make a big difference.
Keep that in mind.
As a bonus tip to that, monitor when and how you break.
Obviously if you break excessively that waste gas,
it causes your brake pads to wear out quickly.
I am part of a tailgating city.
I live in Toronto half the time,
and then I'm in New York for the other half.
These are very aggressive driving cities,
where people are on top of the next driver.
And I'm not an aggressive driver
but I always find myself continuously braking
because of the person in front of me.
So if you pace yourself out differently ,
that could make different if you have the ability
to do that.
And then finally, tip, and trick number seven.
Buy gas early in the week,
prices typically rise between Wednesday and Saturday
all over the country,
but they stay lower during the early days of the week.
So if you take that and you pair
with that prior advice I gave you.
Gas up early in the morning or late at night,
early in the week, early, early.
The early bird will get the bargain
when it comes to fuel savings in this example.
So I think if you take even two or three
of the suggestions I made on this list,
you will see savings.
For those of you that have just realized
that you don't have the T-Mobile Tuesday app.
I know that's a bit of a bummer.
They give this deal every single week,
but that would be a great thing
that you can put onto your phone.
And then finally,
if you have used GasBuddy in the past,
I think it's worth your while to take a look at
how they've advanced recently.
They're of course not paying me to talk about them.
I just thought this would be a great way
to bring more savings to your wallet
at a time where many of us need it most.
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