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• What Consumers Should Do About CAFE Changes Today

  Just recently President Obama annouced a change in the CAFE mileage standards. Requirements for passenger vehicles will rise from the current 27.5 mpg to 35.7 mpg by 2015, while light trucks will go from 23.5 mpg to 28.6 mpg. While many are writing about... Posted May 26 2009, 01:18 PM by Gary with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: gas mileage, automobiles, CAFE Standards

• Auto AC vs Open Windows

  Dear Dollar Stretcher, In "Recession Proof Your Family Finances" by Diane Schmidt,she mentions never using the a/c in the car because it uses so much gas; there's a lot of confusion around this and I swear that I've read Click and Clack... Posted Aug 07 2008, 09:09 AM by Gary with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: gas mileage, Auto AC

• Gas Crisis???

  Just finished an interesting week. I drove across the state for a conference. The conference was about online financial news. Many of the discussions included comments about how higher gas prices were causing big problems for consumers. (BTW, I agree... Posted May 12 2008, 11:10 AM by Gary with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Dollar Stretcher, gas prices, gasoline, gas mileage