With all the talk of gas lately in these dark days I thought I'd throw out a few tricks I've used. - Get a Paypal account....tie it to your checking or savings account. (If you're worried open a savings just for Paypal.) Gets you whatever your bank rate is for that account until you put it in the Paypal account. - Sign up for their "Money Market" which currently earns 3.5%. Gets you something for as long as your money is in there. - Sign up for a Paypal debit card which has access to your Paypal balance and gives you 1% cash back. Gets you .03/gal at 3.00/gal. - Shop at a warehouse store that sells gas at a discounted price...like Sams Club (owned by Wal-Mart), or BJs Wholesale Club....some require memberships but some markets like Safeway are also selling gas at a discount I've heard. This gets you a few more cents a gallon usually since they may sell at cost or below to bring in customers. You may end up saving $1 or more on a fillup. (Recently Maryland passed legislation preventing these stores from selling gas at below wholesale prices! ...considering how much of a margin over wholesale we've seen retailers raise prices in the past few days I'm thinking any store chain should be allowed to sell at a loss if it adds to their sales. Some politicians are itching to get voted out around here!) - check your tire pressure, check your alignment, close the windows and run the air if you have to or leave it off if you can stand it. - for those that will use tools, check the usual...points, plug gap, timing, filters.
-- Wil
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