Summer Gasoline
27 million people are expected to travel by car this holiday season which is a 2.5% increase over last year. Although gasoline prices have increased by $.30 over the last month they are still far below the four dollar a gallon price level that we saw last summer in the United States.
Troy Green, the national spokesman for AAA said that he doesn’t expect gasoline prices to return to the four dollar per gallon level. In fact he said he’d be surprised if prices hit three dollars a gallon this summer.
Prices often go up over the holidays and during the summer.
Here are few tips to help you save money while traveling on the road this summer.
If you haven’t already switched to synthetic motor oil consider doing so. Although it does cost a little bit more your engine will probably run more efficiently and you may use less gas.
Take a good look at your gas cap. 17% of cars on the road are said to have gas caps that are loose, damaged or missing. It’s estimated that 147 million gallons of gasoline are lost by evaporation each year.