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• money-saving tips

  How To Save Money On Gas

  Thanks to insurance, auto loan payments and especially gas, it's your car that owns you and not the other way around. Gas Buddy checks in with some tips on how to cut down on fuel costs. More »

  9:50 AM on Mon Oct 5 2009
  By Phil Villarreal
  5,731 views, 76 comments

• cash for clunkers

  Top Ten New Cars, Trade-Ins From Cash For Clunkers

  With Cash for Clunkers mostly over, Consumer Reports looks at the most popular new cars and the most popular clunkers that were traded in. More »

  4:04 PM on Tue Aug 25 2009
  By Alex Chasick
  15,651 views, 170 comments

• saving money

  10 Things You Should Know About Gas Stations

  MSN Money has a list of 10 secrets about gas stations that could cost you money if you don't know about them. The best ones are about why you shouldn't use a debit card. For example, some stations will ask banks to place a hold on some of the cash in your account to cover your purchase, and won't report the real purchase amount for a few days, leaving your cash in limbo.

  "10 things gas stations won't tell you" [MSN Money] (Thanks to Chester!) (Photo: °Florian)

  1:06 PM on Tue Jul 7 2009
  By Chris Walters
  21,423 views, 91 comments

  Most discussed Hank Scorpio: That debit card thing is BS. I use my debit/credit card tied to my checking account to purchase gas more »

• cash for clunkers

  Trade Your Clunker For These Sweet Fuel-Sipping Rides

  The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), popularly known as the "cash for clunkers" program, starts next month. Need help picking a suitably fuel-efficient car? More »

  7:19 PM on Thu Jun 25 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  12,372 views, 64 comments

• fuel

  Watered-Down Gasoline Damages Cars Near Baltimore

  Rain water, not fraud or sabotage, is behind the bad gasoline sold at stations near Baltimore early this week. Hess, the supplier, is covering any damage to customers' cars caused by the diluted fuel. So, how does this happen? More »

  7:40 PM on Thu Jun 18 2009
  By Laura Northrup
  8,649 views, 41 comments

• inflation

  If Gas Prices Fly As Expected, Busineses Need To Ground Themselves To Avoid Crashing

  Things that are headed up these days: unemployment, foreclosures, adorable Pixar characters whose houses are attached to helium ballons, Daisuke Matsuzaka's ERA and, argh, gas prices. A Russian energy group is predicting oil, which is currently just over $70 a barrel, will eventually pierce the stratosphere at $250, meaning it'll pretty much be Mad Max time for everyone. More »

  10:17 AM on Mon Jun 15 2009
  By Phil Villarreal
  5,988 views, 73 comments

  Most discussed Eyebrows McGee (now...: My current plan is to purchase corner lots in neighborhoods and put up livery stables so that people can stable more »

• fuel

  Gas Price Watch

  Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
• fuel

  Gas Price Watch

  Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
• fuel

  Gas Price Watch

  Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
• fuel

  Gas Price Watch

  Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. More »
• Why Does Diesel Cost So Much? In part two of a two-part series on diesel fuel, Consumer Reports finds that there are three main reasons diesel fuel costs so much, according to the petroleum experts they interviewed. The most obvious reason? Higher taxes. [CR] MORE »

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  Gas Price Watch

  Consumerist brings you a sampling of gas prices from cities around the nation. Red means that gas prices went up, green means they went down. More »

  8:47 AM on Thu Mar 12 2009
  By Meg Marco
  6,037 views, 72 comments

• Spring is coming! Consumer Reports tests scooters and motorcycles for the first time since 1981. [Consumer Reports] MORE »

  7 comments

• Exxon has set another record for profitability, with $45.2 billion in 2008, up from $40.6 billion in 2007. As prices fell in the fourth quarter, however, Exxon's income fell 33 percent. [NYT] MORE »

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• President Obama has ordered the EPA to allow states set their own fuel-efficiency standards (fourteen states had begun the process when President Bush put a stop to it a couple of years ago.) He's also asked the DOT to "develop higher fuel-efficiency standards automakers would have to follow." [USA Today]

  101 comments

• airlines

  What Next? US Airways Gets Rid Of Clothes Hangers?

  Justin Wolfers, from the Freakonomics blog, has noticed something troubling on US Airways. The clothes hangers are gone from First Class. More »

  10:54 AM on Wed Jan 7 2009
  By Meg Marco
  12,385 views, 69 comments

• gross

  Beverly Hills Plastic Surgeon Uses Liposuctioned Fat As Fuel For Car

  And here's number 16 on our grossest stories of 2008 list: an LA plastic surgeon is in trouble for powering his car with "lipodiesel" from his patients' fat. Ewwww.

  7:30 PM on Mon Dec 29 2008
  By Alex Chasick
  8,698 views, 87 comments

• recession watch

  Now That Gas Prices Are Lower, You Have Money To Buy Stuff, Save

  Even though real incomes are dropping and people are worrying about their jobs — a drop in gas prices has lead to a push in retail spending, says the New York Times. More »

  11:59 AM on Wed Dec 24 2008
  By Meg Marco
  5,110 views, 46 comments

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