Seven Tactics To Save Fuel - And Cash - Using Your Gps


by Leslie G. Williams - Date: 2010-01-17 - Word Count: 606 Share This!

Gas costs continue to go through the roof, with no end in sight. You've probably seen numerous ads for high tech fuel savers, but most of these end up being gimmicks or rip-offs. But there is one gadget that genuinely does save you gasoline -- and lots of it. What is it? Your GPS Navigation System. Saving you gasoline is one of its best yet unsung benefits of your GPS. With fuel costs at record highs, before you know it your GPS investment will pay for itself in gasoline savings alone. Read on for seven ways that a GPS Navigation System can boost your gasoline economy (and save you time and stress).

1. A GPS is programmed to show the quickest, shortest and most efficient route to a destination, therefore reducing miles and gas use.

2. A GPS can make planning a trip and identifying the best route much less complicated. Higher-end models, such as the Garmin nuvi line, include a multi-destination routing capability, which will calculate the optimal route among many stops. Realtors, delivery workers and others whose work involves considerable amounts of driving can save a good deal of time and gasoline money by planning their route with the aid of a GPS.

3. Regardless of the fuel efficiency of your vehicle, your mileage can drop to 0 miles a gallon while you are trapped in traffic. More and more top-rated GPS products are now providing consumers with live traffic updates, notifying them to upcoming traffic, showing traffic trouble on the GPS's map and suggesting alternative routes to get around traffic situations. Some even offer weather updates, helping you stay ahead of inclement weather conditions.

4. For many, getting from A to B is the easy portion. Locating a store, restaurant or gas station along the way is what usually gets drivers lost. How many times have you found yourself driving for miles down a dark street only to find that the Taco Bell or Exxon station promised by the interstate sign is nowhere to be found? An in-car GPS Navigation System is rich with thousands of points of interest (POIs), allowing you to find food, rest stops, etc. near your location, along your route or close to your destination. This handy feature prevents you from having to search in unfamiliar locations and wasting important gasoline in the process.

5. The ecoRoute software available from Garmin can help you determine the most fuel-efficient route to a destination. The software's "Less Fuel" option will display the route that demands the least amount of gasoline. An additional bonus is ecoRoute's capability to maintaining a record of your fuel use for every trip, making it painless to log your traveled distance and gas use for reimbursement purposes.

6. Traveling from service station to service station in an attempt to find the best-priced gasoline -- we've all done this. Many don't appreciate that the penny or two per gallon that they saved is likely to be cancelled out by the extra fuel utilized while shopping gasoline prices. The good news is that more and more GPS manufacturers are now connecting their GPS units to online networks, enabling them to obtain and show real-time gasoline prices. Utilizing online services such as MSN Direct to gather this data, high-end GPS Navigation Systems from Garmin and other manufacturers can show the current gasoline prices instantly and direct you turn-by-turn to your preferred service station.

7. Finally, the obvious: Each mile spent driving around while you're lost equals a mile of wasted fuel (not to mention time and stress). Armed with an in-car GPS Navigation System, you may not know where you are but you'll never be lost.

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