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Gas prices are at an all time high and there is no indication that they will be coming down any time soon. What if we could show you how to easily save 20% or more on gas? Here are some great tips that are guaranteed to save you big at the pump.

Start keeping track of your gas mileage so you can see how much you are paying and what you are or will be saving. Many cars will automatically tell you this in the digital display. If yours does not, the easiest way is to write down the amount of gas you put in at your next fill up. Then erase the odometer (press the single long button on your odometer display). When you get near empty, divide the miles driven by gallons used. This will give you your miles per gallon. This is good to know as it can tell you when something is wrong with your car. It will also show a noticeable improvement when you incorporate some of the tips below.

Make sure your car receives all necessary car care and treatment so it is functioning at its best. This will help ensure the best fuel economy as an ill tuned car can easily be running poorly and cost you 10-20% or more in additional fuel costs. Remember good car care goes a long way with fuel economy.

Slow down. That’s right, the National Institute of Highway Safety has stated that we get better gas mileage if we stick with the speed limit. As we increase our speed our fuel efficiency drops fast along with our driving safety. It is a big drop of as much as 10,20 even 30% all depending on how fast you go.

Remove excess weight from your car. Many of us have extra items in our trunk that can add considerable weight to the car and greatly reduce your fuel economy. This is a no-brainer.

Make sure your tires are inflated to the correct tire pressure. Over or under inflation can effect you fuel economy. Purchase a tire pressure gauge and use it at every fill up.

Turn off the air conditioning in town. When you are driving at slower speeds or with a lot of stop and go driving the air conditioning will greatly increase your fuel usage and decrease your mpg. At highway speeds researchers have found that the air turbulence caused by your windows being down actually reduces your gas mileage more than having the air conditioning on. For maximum cooling make sure you close your vents when you have the air on (many cars need you to reset this every time you turn on the car).

You could really save by finding alternative transportation - walking, ride the bus, car pool, or even riding a motorcycle (some get 50+ mpg). But that would greatly inconvenience most of us, so use the above tips, care care and treatments, and ideas to increase fuel efficiency and economy so that you will feel less of a pinch at the pump.

David Maillie specializes in automotive safety products and information. He holds numerous patents and awards for his patented headlight cleaner and restorer. For more information, tips, and money saving products for your auto please visit http://www.mdwholesale.com

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If you are like many people you do not enjoy getting pulled over by a police officer. One of the main reasons people get pulled over is for speeding. Police officers use radar guns to detect the speed of cars and keep us using the speed limit. They are just trying to keep the roads safe for us, but no one enjoys getting an expensive speeding ticket. Many people have chosen to get radar detectors to help alert them of a police officer. Even though many people have these radar detectors not many understand how they work.

The first type of radar gun available to police officers uses radio waves. This type of radar sends the radio wave to target and back. Since radio waves move at a constant speed the radar can determine how far the target is based on the time it takes the waves to return. When the target is moving there is a change in the frequency that is detected by the radar and changed into miles per hour. Sounds like a lot of work, especially if you think about how fast it does all this. By the time you see the police officer chances are he already knows how fast you are going and can pull you over.

The second type of radar gun available to police officers uses lasers. This type of radar uses the amount of time it takes the infrared light to get from the radar to the car and back to determine speed. Once the radar knows the amount of time it takes the light to return it multiplies it by the speed of light. Since this radar can send multiple beams of light to multiple distances it is easy for it to determine how fast you are going by comparing your speed with the other objects. This radar can detect you from farther away since it uses such a concentrated beam of light.

When investing in a radar detector you have a couple options available. You used to only be able to get radar detectors that alerted you when it sensed the radio waves from the police officers radar. Now you can purchase detectors that also have a light sensitive panel that will detect the laser radar that is becoming more popular. The only problem is that since the beam of light the police officers use is so focused even with a detector it is still easy to get caught speeding. By the time your radar detects the light from the officer’s radar you are already in the sight of his radar and thus already busted.

You can now also purchase radar detectors that not only detect the officer’s signal, but jam it as well. When your detector gets a signal from the police radar gun it will mix it with other radio noise and confuse the officers radar. This confusion prevents the officer from getting an accurate reading of you speed. For the laser radar the detector does almost the same thing. The difference with the laser detector is that it sends a light beam of its own to the officer’s radar. This also causes the receiver to be confused since it can’t recognize your light beam and prevents the radar from getting an accurate reading.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as Discount Radar Detectors at http://www.radarlaserdetectorsonline.com.

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Emissions from factories and from automobiles have started to take its toll on our earth and on our environment. Just look around and you would feel the heat of the surroundings. Try going to the top of a building and you surely would find the rest of the metro engulfed in smog and dirty air.

If this kind of situation is not remedied as soon as possible, our environment would become dirtier and more and more unclean as each minute passes. And that is why one of the popular auto brands in the automotive world - Land Rover - has already taken a big and significant leap towards finding the right ways to further prevent destruction of the environment and lessening the good quality of air.

The brand calls it the CO2 Offset Program and this program is out to find solutions and answers to all the problems that the climate and the environment are suffering from. Through this Land Rover program, both customers and the company would be able to contribute towards the kind of environment that we had decades ago. And stores that offer Land Rover driveshaft and axle parts and other Land Rover items would also be able to help out in such a campaign in their own ways. This program is so huge that it has been called as the largest and the most comprehensive campaign on the environment that has been done by an automaker in the United Kingdom.

According to Phil Popham who is the managing director of Land Rover, “This announcement is part of a multi-stage and ongoing approach by Land Rover to environmental care and sustainability. Our CO2 Offset Programme is the second demonstration from Land Rover in five months that it is helping to minimize the impact of its manufacturing processes and vehicles on the environment.”

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Carol Mitchel is an executive assistant in one of the leading automotive magazine in Los Angeles, California. She is a certified car lover and loves extreme sports.

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