We save some extra cash on gas by watching the news, cover up the smell of the skeletons in our closets, and recover long-since deleted blog posts with the help of Google Reader. Don't like the gallery? View all the tips on one page here . Save Money on Gas by Watching the Gas Futures Photo by goldberg Jay writes in with a clever way of saving money on gas: Watch the gas futures on CNBC. In my town, the price of gas is usually $.70 more than the gasoline futures. Find out what the average price for gas above is futures in your town and add the figure to the futures to find out whether the next tick is up or down. When the next tick is up, fill your tank before it hits the street. If the next tick is down, you will know to wait in until they update the price at the pump. I have saved as much as $.10/gallon for a 20 gallon fill up by waiting a day or so, and sometimes go ahead and fill up even though I have half a tank, when I know the price is going up. Keep Your Closets Fresh With Dryer Sheets Photo by elliottcable John wrote in with a way to keep things smelling nicer: I live in a 300 year old house... Things get musty. By sheer dumb luck, I ended up leaving a box of unopened dryer sheets in my wardrobe, and now instead of having a musty smell, I have a nice dryer fresh smell.
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