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If gas hit $5/gallon, would you freak out?

If gas hit $5/gallon, would you freak out?

Photo By  Mike Spriggs

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Last year, AutoNation Chairman and CEO Mike Jackson declared that if gasoline ever hit $5 a gallon people would freak out. Basically, gasoline for five bucks would cause Americans to change their driving habits, drastically switch to smaller cars and demand fuel …

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Maximizing your cents per gallon

Maximizing your cents per gallon

Photo By  M.V. Jantzen

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The Consumer Federation of America’s 2010 survey says that if we had a 50 mile-per-gallon car fleet today, we’d save more oil than the entire proven reserves in the entire Gulf of Mexico. While most people care about fuel economy, …

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