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Gas-saving tips - fact or fiction?

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Over-inflate your tires

The claim: Filling under-inflated tires to their recommended pressure is a proven way to improve fuel economy. Conventional wisdom would follow that filling the tires even further, to the maximum on the tires' pressure range, will only improve your gas mileage.

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