Do you find yourself paying too much at the pump?  I’ve been there!  I have three kids and an SUV, of course I have had my share of overpaying on gas and I am tired of it! o, if yo Su are like me and you are ready to start saving on your gas expenses, let’s go over some easy tricks that we can do to cut down on this pesky expense:

1. Carpool.  If you are going somewhere and you know a friend or family member is heading the same way, carpool.  You can ride with them and pitch in for their gas or they can ride with you and pitch in for your gas.  Or, if you have kids in school or in after-school activities, you can team up (see what I did there?) with another mom to take turns driving the kids to practice or to school.
2. Clean out your car.  Did you know that the more stuff you have in your car, the less fuel efficient it becomes?  I used to make a habit of carrying around lots of stuff in the trunk of my car.  My mindset was, if it wasn’t in the way, it wasn’t hurting anything.  Well, as it turns out, that wasn’t true at all.  It was most definitely hurting my pocketbook.
3. Pick the basic gas.  Very few, if any, cars actually need to have the “super premium” gas.  It costs an extra 10 to 20 cents per gallon, which means if you have a 20 gallon tank, you are paying up to an extra $4 per tank.  Let’s say you fill up weekly, that means you are paying an extra $200 per year!
4. Combine trips.  If you know that you are going to go to the pharmacy and to the grocery store, do it all in one trip.  Don’t spread your trips out as it makes no sense.  You will save time and money by combining your trips and doing them together.