Ten tips on saving gas

1. Less than a minute warm-up time is enough, even on a cold morning.
2. When starting from dead stop, accelerate slowly.
3. Drive at the speed limit. This is safer and it saves gas.
3. Idling your engine for one minute consumes the same amount of gas as re-starting the engine. Don’t turn the engine off and on needlessly.
4. Extra weight in the car, trunk, or on top of your car will reduce your mileage. If you can, get rid of extra tires and unnecessary items inyour car.
5. Avoid "reving" the engine, especially just before you switch the engine off; this wastes fuel needlessly and washes oil down from the inside cylinder walls, owing to loss of oil pressure.
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7. When you’re on the highway, keep your windows closed. Open windows reduce mileage by about 10%.
8. Eliminate jack-rabbit starts by accelerating gradually when starting from dead stop.
9. Have regular tune-ups and change your air filter often to ensure gas efficiency.
10. Buy gasoline at coolest time of day (mornings or evenings) and do not fill tank to the top. Overfilling results in sloshing over and out of tank. Never fill gas tank past the first "click" of fuel nozzle, if nozzle is automatic.

Also, walking uses no gas and is good for you! :)

Happy walking
Thrifty

Baskin Robbins special

A reminder that tonight is the Baskin Robbins 31c scoop night!

Enjoy
Thrifty

Baskin Robbins special

Baskin Robbins is having a special on April 30th, 2008 from 5pm-10pm. 2.5oz scoops are only 31c, in honor of America's Firefighters. Find out more at http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Promotion/31cent.aspx

Yummy!
Thrifty

Utility savings

You could save quite a bit in the laundry room, up to $250 per year! How?

1. Wash clothes in cold or warm water: Washing in cold water will also prevent fading. Heavily soiled clothes or dish towels may need hot water.
2. Even when washing with hot water, always rinse in cold water. There is no benefit to rinsing in warm or hot water and it wastes energy anyway.
3. Dry clothes for the minimum amount of time to get them dry. If your dryer has a moisture sensor, use it as it will sense when the clothes are dry and may even go through a "cool down" cycle.
4. Don't overfill the washing machine or tumble dryer, but at the same time, don't wash a few items on large or super settings. This wastes, water, detergent and energy!
5. Use coupons for your laundry detergent and buy in bulk. You can stock up on detergent when on sale. Pairing a sale price with a coupon is a double saving. Also, the bigger the container, the cheaper the unit price. Detergent stores well! :)

Tax D-day!

If you have not filed yet, you still have the weekend to do it. The sooner you file, the sooner you'll get your 'rebate'. Also, if you have already filed and want to know where your refund is, go to https://sa2.www4.irs.gov/irfof/lang/en/irfofgetstatus.jsp

Happy filing!
Thrifty