Can Efficiency Products Really Save On Your Fuel Bills?

In my continuing quest to reduce fuel bills, today I want to look at fuel efficiency products. These are those additives you can buy in stores that say they will improve your fuel efficiency and thus help you save money by getting more miles to the gallon. What exactly are these products, and do they really work? Not all drivers are smart about what they do in trying to increase their gas mileage. Many buy any item that claims to boost gas mileage, even if there is no proof that it does. There appears to be many companies making these claims and simply stealing people's money.

With a great number of these products on the market, one has to wonder if any of them work at all. It can be pretty effortless to get sucked into buying some of these products with the claims they make. The question one has to ask is are they going to work and is there hard evidence to show for?

Can these vendors demonstrate their claims or is the Environmental Protection Agency right when they say none of the products they have tested, increase gas mileage? This powerful federal agency has not certified any one of these products as helping to improve fuel economy. You'll find individuals who use these products and swear that they work for them, but like any product, some people believe they are great, and other people believe they are a rip off. Simply because there isn't any proof that they work, with concrete evidence by an unbiased party, doesn't mean that they don't work for some people.

Now you ask how is it possible to determine if they actually work if you use it? You will find a lot of variables that you probably couldn't tell unless they did several miles per gallon difference. The trouble with shelling out hard-earned money on these products is there are so many things you can do that don't cost you money, which are known to help your gas mileage. You could save on fuel by simply maintaining the appropriate tire pressure which many people don't do. Unless of course you must pay for the air by way of a machine, normally you can get this for free. Even so, people would rather spend thirty times as much on some sort of fuel booster than do a simple thing like that.

It can set you back a little money to replace your air filters regularly, but the benefits will outweigh the cost. By using clean filters, your car probably will be running without needing to burn extra fuel to remain steady. Many people are unaware that doing so can help with fuel efficiency.

Increasing gas efficiency can be done as simply as removing the junk out of your trunk, to making sure that you use the right grade of motor oil. It's also possible to save on gas simply by not using your car's air conditioning. You have lots of inexpensive and totally free options to save on gas, there is no reason to buy a specialized product. It will not seem sensible to spend big money just to save money.

So there you have it. Don't fall for the sales hype before you check out what the product actually is and what it does, otherwise you could end up spending more and saving nothing. Lesson learned.