These tips don't come from some housebound internet blogger working in his mom's attic!



Nor do they come from me!!

I am getting these from an expert. Someone in the petroleum business. So consider these to be insider tips but you won't wind up like Martha Stewart if you use them! This is just some helpful information so you can save money at the gas station which is something that we all should do.

So let's get right to it then...

1. Fill up your vehicle or truck in the morning when the temperature is still cool. See, all gas stations have their storage tanks buried below the ground; so when the ground is coldest the fuel is densest and fuel expands, conversely, when it gets warmer. The point? If you're filling up in the mid ay or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not fully a gallon. Bet you didn't know that. I didn't either. Let's continue...

2. Do you enjoy sediment in your coffee? Right. Your car doesn't appreciate it in its gas tank either. Even more so. Thick sediment can even clog your fuel lines. If the gas station is having its underground tank filled at the time you show up to buy gasoline, bright idea to go somewhere else. Most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank. This suggestion can save you more bucks than just the price of gasoline.

3. Fill up when your gasoline tank is half-full (or half-empty), NOT when you are about to go bone dry on the I-5,because the more gasoline you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially in warmer weather.

4. Minimize vaporization while you are pumping. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up if you use the high setting then you will be creating the maximum amount of vaporization... low setting = less vaporization. Don't let your greenback dollars be blown on useless vapor!