Comments on: How to cut your fuel costs http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/ money: saving more, making more, needing less Tue, 04 May 2010 03:20:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: bookchiq http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-48 bookchiq Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:01:02 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-48 Hey, farmergirl, that's really good to know! Location is everything, apparently. :) Hey, farmergirl, that’s really good to know! Location is everything, apparently. :)

]]> By: farmergirl http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-47 farmergirl Wed, 28 Sep 2005 12:27:22 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-47 I live in an area where many of the gas pumps are older style and I definitely get extra gas by turning the nozzle. I live in an area where many of the gas pumps are older style and I definitely get extra gas by turning the nozzle.

]]> By: bookchiq http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-46 bookchiq Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:56:37 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-46 I just gassed up for the first time since I published this post, so I tried it too. I got a little bit more than jennifer... maybe a teaspoon. But that was with turning the nozzle and fiddling with the hose, and I'm just not convinced it's worth it. I just gassed up for the first time since I published this post, so I tried it too. I got a little bit more than jennifer… maybe a teaspoon. But that was with turning the nozzle and fiddling with the hose, and I’m just not convinced it’s worth it.

]]> By: Melissa http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-45 Melissa Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:19:52 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-45 Oh, well, thanks for trying. :) Oh, well, thanks for trying. :)

]]> By: jennifer http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-44 jennifer Tue, 30 Aug 2005 01:21:21 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-44 okay today i pumped fuel into my motorcycle. i had the pump at the same angle that most cars pump (easy to do since my bike has the fuel cap on the side of the bike). after the auto shut-off engaged i pulled the nozzle out carefully and then while it was still in a position to deliver the gas to the tank i turned the nozzle 180°; i got one tiny drop. yup that's it. nothing to even measure. the gas nozzle is designed pretty well it turns out and it isn't forgetting to deliver any of that slightly yellow liquid gold. so wrangling the nozzle, snake charming the hose and collecting remainders isn't going to help you at modern pumps these days. all bets are off when you go to a really old pump though, so if you want to find those you might have better luck... but probably not. i think all states have a weights and measures division that checks the delivery [not just measurement] accuracy of the gas pumps now. okay today i pumped fuel into my motorcycle. i had the pump at the same angle that most cars pump (easy to do since my bike has the fuel cap on the side of the bike). after the auto shut-off engaged i pulled the nozzle out carefully and then while it was still in a position to deliver the gas to the tank i turned the nozzle 180°; i got one tiny drop. yup that’s it. nothing to even measure. the gas nozzle is designed pretty well it turns out and it isn’t forgetting to deliver any of that slightly yellow liquid gold. so wrangling the nozzle, snake charming the hose and collecting remainders isn’t going to help you at modern pumps these days. all bets are off when you go to a really old pump though, so if you want to find those you might have better luck… but probably not. i think all states have a weights and measures division that checks the delivery [not just measurement] accuracy of the gas pumps now.

]]> By: AllThingsFinancial » Blog Archive » Carnival of Personal Finance - Week 11 http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-43 AllThingsFinancial » Blog Archive » Carnival of Personal Finance - Week 11 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:50:38 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-43 [...] l Underground summarizes and links to several recent articles about gas prices in her post How to cut your fuel costs. Finally, Nickel at FiveCentNickel [...] [...] l Underground summarizes and links to several recent articles about gas prices in her post How to cut your fuel costs. Finally, Nickel at FiveCentNickel [...]

]]> By: Jose http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-42 Jose Mon, 29 Aug 2005 11:09:51 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-42 Linked from one of my articles. Linked from one of my articles.

]]> By: AllThingsFinancial » Blog Archive » Carnival of Personal Finance - Week 11 http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-41 AllThingsFinancial » Blog Archive » Carnival of Personal Finance - Week 11 Mon, 29 Aug 2005 05:01:52 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-41 [...] l Underground summarizes and links to several recent articles about gas prices in her post How to cut your fuel costs. Finally, Nickel at FiveCentNickel asks a simple q [...] [...] l Underground summarizes and links to several recent articles about gas prices in her post How to cut your fuel costs. Finally, Nickel at FiveCentNickel asks a simple q [...]

]]> By: bookchiq http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-40 bookchiq Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:10:46 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-40 When I was discussing the ideas in this post with my husband, he mentioned that his parents used to do just that when they were so poor that they couldn't afford to buy gas... they'd just go from pump to pump, draining what others had left in the hose. That was a long time ago, though, and the pumps have changed. If my friend jennifer is correct about only the amount in the nozzle actually being "drainable" then I don't think it would be possible to get what's in the hose, lifting it up or other wise. The other thing is that at all the stations I go to (here in Idaho), the hoses are suspended from the top of the pump, rather than the old-style kind that loop down to the ground. On the suspended kind, gravity is already on your side. If you have the kind that loop down, though, I'd be very interested to find out what happens if you try lifting the hose. Maybe jennifer will try that when she tests the handle-turning tip. When I was discussing the ideas in this post with my husband, he mentioned that his parents used to do just that when they were so poor that they couldn’t afford to buy gas… they’d just go from pump to pump, draining what others had left in the hose. That was a long time ago, though, and the pumps have changed.

If my friend jennifer is correct about only the amount in the nozzle actually being “drainable” then I don’t think it would be possible to get what’s in the hose, lifting it up or other wise. The other thing is that at all the stations I go to (here in Idaho), the hoses are suspended from the top of the pump, rather than the old-style kind that loop down to the ground. On the suspended kind, gravity is already on your side.

If you have the kind that loop down, though, I’d be very interested to find out what happens if you try lifting the hose. Maybe jennifer will try that when she tests the handle-turning tip.

]]> By: Melissa http://frugalunderground.com/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Melissa Thu, 25 Aug 2005 19:13:40 +0000 http://frugalunderground.com/test/how-to-cut-your-fuel-costs/#comment-39 I saw a guy the other day get gas and lift the hose to milk in the gas...does this do any good? I don't want to do it unless it's effective...I might get dirty!! I saw a guy the other day get gas and lift the hose to milk in the gas…does this do any good? I don’t want to do it unless it’s effective…I might get dirty!!

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