Cheapest Gasoline Around Los Angeles Versus Plug Your Car into the Electric Fuel Stations

Tired of cruising around Los Angeles, looking for the least expensive gasoline prices? Stations such as Arco, 7-Eleven, Chevron, USA, Pacific Mart, Wal Mart Sams Club, Safeway, Costco, or Cheap Jack's might all have cheap gasoline, however, it's too easy to spend more on fuel than is saved on gasoline.

A search by telephone is equally confusing: Exxon, Chevron, Circle K, Mobil, Cosco, Conoco, 76; all good gasoline stations, either understaffed, so that nobody answers the phone, or staffed with someone new who tells you to go to the station to get the gasoline price.

Another way of trying to search for gasoline prices is to be found on-line at MapQuest. Here are the results from two searches on the Mapquest gasoline price finder, fast, easy, and gas-saving. However, with the fluctuating market, the prices could go up tomorrow, though.

Here these gasoline stations are - the top five for low gasoline pricing around Los Angeles, as of July 31st.

#1 Arroyo Carwash, 605 South Arroyo Parkway in Pasadena, CA - $3.96 regular
#2 Arco, 4321 South Alameda Street in Los Angeles, CA - $4.06 regular
#3 United Gasoline, 4931 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles, CA - $4.14 regular
#4 United Gasoline, 11515 Atlantic Avenue in Lynnwood, CA - $4.14 regular
#5 LaBrea Valero, 2239 South LaBrea Avenue in Los Angeles, CA - $4.14 regular

The news about gasoline is the same: prices per barrel are increasing, and a lot of people are turning to things such as changing your spark plugs to the premium-grade platinum spark plugs and adding new, high-quality rotor caps on your next tune-up to improve fuel efficiency for your vehicle. Doing things like these are inexpensive ways to increase fuel economy, I've tried it, at the advice of a few former Daimler-Chrysler workers, and this quick tune-up tip should add 5 miles per gallon to your vehicle's fuel economy. If you are driving a leased vehicle, or your car is a new car in warranty, ask your dealership about this.

Then, there are the alternative vehicles for driving around Los Angeles, which might be becoming attractive to price conscious consumers. Vehicles such as the Zap, Cooper, and Zen electric vehicles are available for sale, at dealerships locally, such as Electric Car Sales and Service of Long Beach. The electric plug-in stations, which enable your electric car to be driven for 50 miles, are great places to go if you are vandal-free, or have the money to afford your own secure plug-in booth, which is available at a premium price.

Here they are, the ten closest electric fuel-up stations to the center of Los Angeles - the cost for gasoline is $0.00 cents for 0 gallons of gasoline for these electric cars, which have neither fumes nor bad aroma. The elective to switch to electric vehicles is up to you, reduce smog, go electric. By the way, I am still searching for a source of kinetic energy motors using that emergency hand-crank or arm crank power, which might get a person ten miles per workout.

The handy Mapquest Finder also will locate cheap electric fueling stations for you. In this way, you can verify the claim that electric prices are more stable than gasoline prices are at the present time. Here are a few locations for fueling stations right in downtown Los Angeles, where smog concerns are becoming more pervasive among those who are living in the area. The Los Angeles City Hall on 200 N. Main Street, Music Center Parking on 135 N Grand Avenue, Bank of America Tower on 555 S Flower Street, and Dodger Stadium on 1000 Elysian Park Avenue in Los Angeles. Now you know why the Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles. If you can afford a new vehicle, this might be the time to begin thinking about getting an electric one, and modifying the one that is out of warranty, for better fuel economy.

These locations are all in the downtown area. There are places that will rent electric cars to you, one of which is A Unique Presentation of Los Angeles, which also rents things such as cotton candy machines and helicopters, as well as the electric cars, the price of the electric car rental will be $$ - $$$, depending on what model car you choose to rent, and how long you choose to rent this vehicle for. Call 310.202.8787 for more information about this electric vehicle rental.

Sources: Google, Gas Price Finder Mapquest , Los Angeles; Electric Car Company, Long Beach; Revving Up Electric Cars, MSNBC.com, Alan Boyle, Fred and Jim, Auto Enthusiasts' Tuesday Club, Birmingham, MI