Cheapest gas; 30 good gas-saving tips; gas prices worldwide (12 cents to $6.48 a gallon)
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Gas Buddy depends on volunteers to report prices. Here's the direct link to the Rhode Island version. Cheap Gas maps these onto a Google Maps interface. Update: At CNN, Gas prices around the world range from 12 cents a gallon in Venezuela to $6.48 in Amsterdam. Thirty Gas Saving Tips by Ernest Miles offers many familiar tips and some unusual ones, such as, 20. Automatic transmissions should be allowed to cool down when your car is idling at a standstill, e.g. railroad crossings, long traffic lights, etc. Place gear into neutral position. This reduces transmission strain and allows transmission to cool. 21. Park car so that you can later begin to travel in forward gear; avoid reverse gear maneuvers to save gas. 26. Remove vinyl tops - they cause air drag. Rough surfaces disturb otherwise smooth air flow around a car's body. Bear in mind when buying new cars that a fancy sun roof helps disturb smooth air flow (and mileage). 30. During cold weather watch for icicles frozen to car frame. Up to 100 lbs. can be quickly accumulated! There are more. Most intriguing: How to convert your V8 engine to a V4 -- from Mother Earth News in 1979. This is probably only of historical value. I wonder what modern onboard computers would make of this? All the readings would be wacky. 
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