It may not seem like much, but you can save $1 to $5 on a typical gas tank fill up by checking gas prices online.

Local news internet sites occasionally list the latest gas prices in the vicinity, but to find cheap gas when traveling you have to look beyond your worthless local rag.

There are several national gas price finding sites, though many of them are rarely updated and difficult to use. At the top of the heap is gasbuddy.com, a user updated online database that displays gas prices directly on a Google map which when clicked reveal station details.

If your vehicle is the typical road trophy gas guzzler that graces the charming roadways of the United States, then your gas savings may be significant.

Obnoxious size and sounding Greyhound-type recreational vehicles, lauding gas tanks from 50 to 150 gallons, will save enough money to stuff the whole family with Double Quarter Pounders with Cheese® and McShakes® at the McDonald’s adjacent to the gas station.

Someday, Allah willing, gasoline will become so expensive that America’s roadways will be a pleasure to drive along once the Suburbans and RVs and Big-Rigs have been banished by economics to the metal scrap yard. The value of that future driving reality would be worth more than the trip’s gasoline.

In the meantime, readers, pinch pennies at the gasoline pump while it is still moderately affordable and the bank hasn’t seized your over leveraged vehicle.