Drivers traverse Web to find cheap gas

Iria · Aug 20, 2005, 04:21 PM

They say time is money, but when it comes to soaring gas prices, a few extra minutes online can also save you cents--up to 40 or 50 cents per gallon.

That's what resourceful consumers have been learning in recent weeks as they visit--by the hundreds of thousands--gas price Web sites such as GasBuddy.com, GasPriceWatch.com and AAA's Fuel Price Finder tool, which can be found through the association's Gas Watcher's Guide.

According to that site, one San Francisco gas station recently sold regular gas for $3.20 per gallon, while another--just three minutes and eight tenths of a mile away--sold it for $2.80 per gallon. That's a 40-cent per gallon difference, or a $6 difference when filling a 15-gallon tank.

Traffic to Gas Watcher's Guide has jumped 54 percent in just the past week, a spokeswoman for AAA of Northern California said. Those users were likely finding their way to the Fuel Price Finder tool, which uses data from recent credit card transactions to calculate how much people have paid for gas.
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Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Drivers traverse Web to find cheap gas They say time is money, but when it comes to soaring gas prices, a few extra minutes online can also save you cents--up to 40 or 50 cents per gallon. That's what resourceful consumers have been learning in recent weeks as they visit--by the hundreds of thousands--gas price Web sites such as GasBuddy.com, GasPriceWatch.com and AAA's Fuel Price Finder tool, which can be found through the association's Gas Watcher's Guide. According to that site, one San Francisco gas station recently sold regular gas for $3.20 per gallon, while another--just three minutes and eight tenths of a mile away--sold it for $2.80 per gallon. That's a 40-cent per gallon difference, or a $6 difference when filling a 15-gallon tank. Traffic to Gas Watcher's Guide has jumped 54 percent in just the past week, a spokeswoman for AAA of Northern California said. Those users were likely finding their way to the Fuel Price Finder tool, which uses data from recent credit card transactions to calculate how much people have paid for gas. __________ Read More / Source: News.com