Air up the tires, put synthetic or parasynthetic oil in the engine next oil change, clean air filter (reusable one is preffered) and practice the egg-celerator technique of driving where you accelerate as if you have an egg between the pedal and your foot, and then ease off the gas early prior to stopping.  Try and maintain a constant speed rather than speed up, slow down, speed up etc.....   also try driving less one day a week.
Subject: Fw: Tips on Pumping Gas
TIPS ON PUMPING GAS 
I don't know what you guys are paying for gasoline.... but here in California 
we are also paying higher, up to $3.50 per gallon. But my line of work is in 
petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get more of your 
money's worth for every gallon.. 
Here at the Kinder Morgan Pipeline where I work in San Jose , CA we deliver 
about 4 million gallons in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day is 
diesel the next day is jet fuel, and gasoline, regular and premium grades. We 
have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 gallons. 
Only buy or fill up your car or truck in the early morning when the ground 
tem! peratur e is still cold. Remember that all service stations have their 
storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the more dense the 
gasoline, when it gets warmer gasoline expands, so buying in the afternoon or 
in the evening....your gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum 
business, the specific gravity and the temperature of the gasoline, diesel and 
jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products plays an important role. 
A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for this business. But the service 
stations do not have temperature compensation at the pumps. 
When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a fast mode. 
If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)stages: low, middle, and 
high. In slow mode you should be pumping on low speed, thereby minimizing the 
vapors that are created while you are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a 
vapor return. If you are pumping on the! fast r ate, some other liquid that goes 
to your tank becomes vapor. Those vapors are being sucked up and back into the 
underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money. 
One of the most important tips is to fill up when your gas tank is HALF FULL or 
HALF EMPTY. The reason for this is, the more gas you have in your tank the less 
air occupying its empty space. Gasoline evaporates faster than you can imagine. 
Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating roof. This roof serves as zero 
clearance be tween the gas and the atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. 
Unlike service stations, here where I work, every truck that we load is 
temperature compensated so that every gallon is actually the exact amount. 
Another reminder, if there is a gasoline truck pumping in to the storage tanks 
when you stop to buy gas, DO NOT fill up--most likely the gasoline is being 
stirred up as the gas is being delivered, and you! might pick up some f the dirt 
that normally settles on the bottom. Hope this will help you get the most value 
for your money. 
DO SHARE THESE TIPS WITH OTHERS! 
WHERE TO BUY USA GAS, THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON 
Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even 
be good for us! The Saudis are boycotting American goods. We should return the 
favor. 
An interesting thought is to boycott their GAS. 
Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into the 
coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don't import their 
oil from the Saudis. 
Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up the tank, 
I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my family, and my 
friends. 
I th! ought i t might be interesting for you to know which oil companies are the 
best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle Eastern oil. 
These companies import Middle Eastern oil: 
Shell........................... 205,742,000 barrels 
Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels 
Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels 
Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels 
Amoco........................ ....62,231,000 barrels 
Citgo gas is from South America, from a Dictator who hates Americans. If you do 
the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18 BILLION! (oil is now 
$90 - $100 a barrel 
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil: 
Sunoco..................0 barrels 
Conoco..................0 barrels 
Sinclair.................0 barrels 
B P/Phillips............0 barrels 
Hess.......................0 barrels 
ARC0.................! ...0 ba rrels 
If you go to Sunoco.com, you will get a list of the station locations near you. 
All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and each is 
required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing. 
But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas 
buyer s. It's really simple to do. 
Now, don't wimp out at this point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple 
it is to reach millions of people!!