Gasoline is nearly $4 a gallon and isn’t likely to go down anytime soon. Here’s some tips from Ecomodder.com’s Benjamin Jones on getting more miles per gallon out of the car you already have. Benjamin’s article is currently featured on Popular Mechanic’s site.

10 Quick Fuel Efficiency Tips to Beat the Gas Crunch

The summer season of highway hell has officially arrived—and $4/gallon prices at the pump certainly aren’t making life on the road any easier. As the next generation of hypermilers develops new ways to hack your car’s fuel economy, our guest MPG geek breaks down the vehicle mods, driving habits and common-sense fixes you need to know to max out your tank.

[PopularMechanics.com]

His #1 tip is monitoring your gas milage in real time and suggests doing this with a Scangauge if your car doesn’t already have a MPG gauge. Scangauge is a Mesa Arizona company and makes a great tool to monitor your car’s performance. I’ve had one myself for a couple years and it has done wonders to get me to drive in a way to get more miles per gallon out of my car. When I’m driving and can see my MPGs go down the faster I drive it turns into a real motivator to go the speed limit or even slightly slower. Once I’m driving above 55 the MPGs really start taking a dive and with the price of fuel I really want to get the most out of a tank. Without this tool I might know that my car isn’t getting the most out of a tank when I drive fast, but if I’m not seeing it in real time it is easy not to care as much. Check out article linked above for some other great tips at saving fuel.