- On the highway, use cruise control to reduce gas consumption. It helps maintain a steady speed and therefore better gas mileage.

- Don't fill the gas tank to the brim. Stop when the pump clicks off. Usually, tanks have overfill tubes and when you go around a corner with an overfilled tank, some gas spills out through this tube.

- Check tires regularly. Under-inflated tires can run hot and shorten the life of the tire and rob you of mileage - up to 4% for every 5 pounds it is under-inflated. Air expands with heat, so when inflating a warm tire add about 4-5 psi to your recommended tire pressure. In addition, for every 10% your tire is deflated, you increase tire wear 15%.

- Some people over inflate their tires to get less rolling resistance and therefore better fuel economy. It does work, but there is a catch. You can get premature and uneven tire wear and end up replacing your tires much sooner than normal. The money you save on gas is more or less the same as the added expense of replacing your tires much sooner.

- Use your air conditioner sparingly because your engine has to power the air conditioner compressor. By using the air conditioner, you can increase your fuel consumption by 10% on the highway, and up to 20% in stop and go traffic.

- Some companies are marketing a product termed a "gasbooster" that retails between $25-$100. Each product uses the principle of ionizing the gas with a new gas line material or using the heat from the water hoses to help vaporize the fuel/air mixture. The product manufacturers claim a 3-5% better fuel economy and can reduce pollution by up to 15%. I have personally tested many of them, and they did not live up to their promises. There may be one out there that works, but I haven't seen it yet. And if these products are so great, improve fuel consumption and reduce pollution, why isn't every car manufacturer putting them on their vehicles?! It would only cost them a dollar or so in mass quantities.

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