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Is Filling the Tank Emptying your Wallet?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Have you ever caught yourself running one errand one day and then another one a few hours later after you have already gone home? If you need to run to the bank, the grocery store, or the mall, you can try to run all of those errands on the same day instead of separate days, and this will reduce your overall gas consumption.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

Manual cars are generally cheaper than automatic and have better gas mileage because they are lighter weight). Even though I had a car at the time, a friend and I took a bus to a nearby big city (about 2 hours away) for a weekend trip, because she is European and convinced me public transportation is amazing. This is recent.