How to Limit Your Driving in Order to Save Money
Walk, bike, ride the bus or join a carpool., Reduce your commute by moving closer to work or working closer to home., Combine trips., Create an errand routine., Walk between stops., Park in the first spot you find., When choosing a car look for one...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: ride the bus or join a carpool.
Don't just use these options for getting back and forth from work, but all the time. -
Step 2: Reduce your commute by moving closer to work or working closer to home.
This will save time as well as money.
You may even be able to save even more money by becoming a one-car family. , If you can do several short trips in one longer trip, you will save fuel and time.
Internet map programs such as Google Maps and certain GPS devices allow convenient or even automated re-ordering of destinations to save distance and time.
Make lists to avoid having to go back.
Call ahead to avoid wasted trips. , For example, designate Wednesday afternoon as errand day, and make sure family members know that this is the day for grocery shopping, post office visits, and other nearby outings. , Some of your stops may be near each other.
Park between some or all of them and walk. , If you wander all over the parking lot looking for that really close parking space, you'll use more gas.
Don't be afraid to walk from the far end of the parking lot if it comes to that, the walk will do you good! , Organize it with the equipment needed for common outing types such as a picnic (for instance, blanket, small cooler perhaps collapsible, cheap camera, etc) to avoid unnecessary trips home; a FEW extra pounds in a several-thousand-pounds car will consume much less fuel than a few unnecessary trips home, and no time.
Consider keeping simple equipment for carrying oversized items (at least a bungee to close the trunk over a slightly oversized item) on hand, but be sure to know how to use that safely. -
Step 3: Combine trips.
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Step 4: Create an errand routine.
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Step 5: Walk between stops.
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Step 6: Park in the first spot you find.
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Step 7: When choosing a car look for one with an at least moderate-sized and not cumbersomely-shaped trunk.
Detailed Guide
Don't just use these options for getting back and forth from work, but all the time.
This will save time as well as money.
You may even be able to save even more money by becoming a one-car family. , If you can do several short trips in one longer trip, you will save fuel and time.
Internet map programs such as Google Maps and certain GPS devices allow convenient or even automated re-ordering of destinations to save distance and time.
Make lists to avoid having to go back.
Call ahead to avoid wasted trips. , For example, designate Wednesday afternoon as errand day, and make sure family members know that this is the day for grocery shopping, post office visits, and other nearby outings. , Some of your stops may be near each other.
Park between some or all of them and walk. , If you wander all over the parking lot looking for that really close parking space, you'll use more gas.
Don't be afraid to walk from the far end of the parking lot if it comes to that, the walk will do you good! , Organize it with the equipment needed for common outing types such as a picnic (for instance, blanket, small cooler perhaps collapsible, cheap camera, etc) to avoid unnecessary trips home; a FEW extra pounds in a several-thousand-pounds car will consume much less fuel than a few unnecessary trips home, and no time.
Consider keeping simple equipment for carrying oversized items (at least a bungee to close the trunk over a slightly oversized item) on hand, but be sure to know how to use that safely.
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