Jun
1
2007

Cheapest Gas

With todays high gas prices, everyone is looking to spend less at the pump. GasBuddy.com offers the ability to search for the cheapest gas in your area.

When using this tool, keep in mind that driving a few minutes out of your way isn’t really a bad idea, but try to stay in the general area of where you are traveling to. Don’t drive 15 miles out of the way just to save a few pennies.

If you purchase 20 gallons of fuel per week every week you are buying 1,040 gallons of fuel. On this amount, every penny that you save per gallon equals $10.40 per year. While that isn’t much, if you pay 4 cents less every time you purchase fuel you are saving $41.60 per year. Which still isn’t much. But, figure you do this for 30 years, saving 1 cent every time will save $312 and saving 4 cents each time you fill up would save you $1,248.

We have proven that if you do a little research you can save a few bucks here and there, which eventually will add up. You could even take this a step farther if you wanted to. Each time you fill up, take the money that you saved and put it into a high interest savings or money market account, then at the end of 30 years, you will have all of the money that you saved, plus interest.


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