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Cutting your fuel bill "in half"

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Old 03-24-2012, 07:25 AM
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Cutting your fuel bill "in half"

Found this on Yahoo. It's pretty interesting and seems to make sense. My only "objection" is that the numbers they claim to be saving are probably very dependent on the vehicle that is driven and the person driving it.

How to Get $2-Per-Gallon Gas - Yahoo! Finance
 
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Old 03-24-2012, 07:56 AM
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The ONLY way to cut your fuel bill in half is to drive HALF as much
 
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Old 03-24-2012, 08:51 AM
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The best thing about Yahoo "News" articles are the reader comments...I liked the one that stated.."How to save 4 minutes -DON'T read this article" lol!
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Most of it is common sense stuff that I already do!
 
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Get a vacuum gauge, keep the reading at the lower value possible while driving, that's what i've heard...
 
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can anybody recommend a good vacuum gauge? I have been wanting to try this for awhile now.
 
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I take pretty much everything "news" [Yahoo, Google, ABC, NBC, etc...] with serious skepticism. I'm not going to go too deep into my personal opinions, but I do believe the government uses media of all types to advance its various agenda's, and so unless it's Looney Toons I don't take anything I see on TV or the internet seriously at all. That's not to say there's nothing true or neutral out there to be seen, I just don't believe it's a common occurrence.

Unless of course it's posted on Ford Truck Enthusiasts, then it has to be true.

I just like to share articles of this nature because it does relate to gas consumption which in turn relates to our engines.
 
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My personal opinion is that the government is too incompetent for anything like that and it changes message every 4 or 8 years so to me it is some corporation trying to sell us something else we don't need or charge us more for something we already use, the government are just their employees through campaign contributions.
 
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