A few tips for saving gasoline this summer…

With the cost of gasoline skyrocketing this summer, I’ve been on the prowl for tips to help me get better gas mileage. Unfortunately, while the media seems more than willing to report the ever–increasing price of crude oil, I haven’t run across many tips on saving gas. What few tips I have scraped together, I wanted to share with you here. If you have more ideas on how to save fuel, please share them!

So here we go– Save gasoline this summer by:

1)      Turn off your engine if you know you will be idling for longer than 30 seconds to a minute. Waiting on a long train to cross the intersection? Turn off the engine. Sitting waiting for soccer practice to end? Turn off the engine. Drive thru line backed up? You got it…turn off the engine. While you idle, going nowhere, you are getting 0 m.p.h. Ack!

2)      Keep your tires inflated and your engine tuned up. Keeping your car in good working order means it doesn’t have to work as hard to get you where you are going.

3)      My husband’s favorite driving tip… Don’t accelerate toward a red light. Coast. This will save your brake linings too!

4)      Don’t run the air conditioning unless you really have to. In the evening or morning, you may be surprised how cool you’ll stay with the windows down. And along the same lines, if possible, run your errands in the morning so you don’t need as much A/C to cool your car down.

5)      Whenever possible, carpool with a friend or neighbor.

6)      And the number one best way to save gasoline is…don’t drive! Stay home and read one of my two hot summer releases instead!

DUTY TO PROTECT is on shelves now or available through eHarlequin from Silhouette Romantic Suspense.

For years, counselor Ginny West (whom readers first met in DANGER AT HER DOOR last summer) has been helping abused women build a better life for themselves.  Then a client’s husband turns his violence against Ginny, and she finds herself not only trying to protect the woman and her children but also fighting for her own life.

Responding to a call at the local women’s center, firefighter Riley Sinclair saves Ginny from a burning office and resuscitates her when she stops breathing. Having already faced one tragic loss in his life, Riley vows the dangerous man threatening Ginny won’t get a second chance to hurt her.

Although Ginny resists Riley’s guard duty, she can’t deny the sizzling attraction she shares with her fireman protector. But Riley has secrets he can’t share with Ginny, and she’s afraid to give Riley her love until she knows what he is hiding. While Ginny learns to trust Riley and her heart, her client’s scorned husband is drawing closer… and his plans for vengeance are growing more deadly!

For more information about this book or my single title (from another publisher), please visit my website at www.bethcornelison.com .

So what are your gas saving tips?

Take care and happy reading!

Beth Cornelison- www.bethcornelison.com
DUTY TO PROTECT- Silhouette Romantic Suspense- July 2008
RANCHER'S REDEMPTION- Silhouette Romantic Suspense- Oct 2008