The secret tip to save gas that you wont find on the internet

Lines at a gas station in Englwood Cliffs N.J.
Someone is making a lot of money
Think of all that sales tax

Just as an exercise, I've just spent some time perusing the internet looking for tips on how to save gas. I found a few good ones. I know a secret way to save gas. My tip wasn't published anywhere that I could find on the internet, and it will most likely surprise you. But we'll get back to that in a minute.

I consider myself a pretty serious gas miser, but even I found some new ways to save gas during my search of the internet. For instance: You'll likely save some gas if you thoroughly plan your route and travel plan before getting in the car. You wont have to worry about driving around lost, and you wont have to turn your car on and off while you stop to ask for directions.

The most basic tip, but probably the hardest to follow, is to slow down. Once you start driving above 55 MPH your car's gas mileage goes to crap. I've been making an effort to drive slower on the highway, but I've found that traveling at less than 65 MPH will often net you displeased honks. But it does work. The same principal applies in town. There is no need to drive 40 down Broadway.

Regardless of what tips work for you and which don't, I think it's safe to say that we're all feeling the pinch of increased gas prices. I took the photo at the top of this post about a week and a half ago when Becky and I were on our way home from my Mom's birthday party. I stopped to buy gas, as I usually do when driving home from the city, at a gas station in New Jersey on the Palisades Parkway. This particular gas station is the easiest way to get NJ-cheap gas without getting off the highway. And the gas was more than 50 cents cheaper per gallon than it was at the next rest stop, on the New York side of the border.

The gas station was packed. It was so packed that cars were practically backed up onto the highway. But the gas was cheaper. So anyway, I have a tip.

If you want to save gas, park your car and leave it parked. Most of us, with only a slight adaptation to our lifestyle can learn to get by without a car. If our energy situation keeps going the way it has been, we will soon be without a choice. Park your car. I've done it, you can too.