Driving too far for cheap gas

Here's a question: Does it make sense to drive miles out of your way to save a few pennies for gas? The Long Beach Press-Telegram poses the question and finds too much extra driving can make the journey counterproductive:

Gas prices may be off historic highs, but they've still got motorists making risky U-turns and driving across town to save a penny or two a gallon. But is saving a total of 13 cents -- even 26 cents or 39 cents -- on a 13-gallon tank really worth all that effort? "I would probably drive 10 miles to save 15 cents a gallon," said Lambert Cheung, a driver for Gold Star Modeling, an adult modeling agency in Canoga Park. Dustin Coupal, co-founder of GasBuddy.com, which lists California's cheapest stations, defines that tipping point as 25 cents per gallon and up. "That's where it becomes beneficial and it's worth your while," Coupal said.

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By the way- don't drive around to find cheap gas.. you can find gas prices online before you leave. Here's an article on how to do it using several free websites... you can pick which one. (No signing up or anything like that.)
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/638321/find_cheap_gas_prices_online_a_little.html?cat=3