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Two weeks ago, DailyFinance asked our readers for their advice on how to save money at the pump. In the more than 1,500 responses that followed, we found a lot of creative solutions. Today, we look at maintenance and new-vehicle options that will help you spend less per mile.

With gas up to a national average of $3.97 for the first week in May -- a nine-cent rise over the previous week and 48% higher since Labor Day -- it's getting hard not to panic about gas prices. My sister, who drives more than 25 miles round-trip every day for work, is starting to reduce or...

For retail employees, holiday bonuses tend toward the low-cash-value gift certificate -- and it's not unusual to get gift cards for your own store, or nearby casual-dining chains. For years, the IKEA stores have been rather run-of-the-mill in this regard. Last year, according to one employee, the...

As a commuting cyclist, I've noticed one thing about non-cyclists: They massively underestimate the cost of purchasing a bike. Friends and acquaintances often approach me about buying their first bicycle since they were about 14, and the story usually goes like this: They've got $100 and they'd...

Nokia is jumping on the environmentally friendly bandwagon with its new bicycle charger. The device will do precisely what you'd expect: allow cyclists to power up their cell phones as they ride.

With more people getting to where they need to go via pedal-power, bike thefts have suddenly become a higher-profile crime. Two Catholic high school students have a different story than the one told by the bike messengers. The teenagers say 20 men on bicycles robbed them -- took their backpacks,...

As it continues to struggle with its sputtering performance, Harley-Davidson (NYSE:HOG) announced two long-overdue steps aimed at returning the company to the halcyon days of two years ago: Shutting down its Buell line and selling off the legendary high-performance brand MV Augusta. The moves will...

Yesterday, I was turned away on my longtail bicycle at a drive-through window. To be turned away on a bike at a drive-through is not unusual -- Taco Bell and Wells Fargo have both made waves for their bike-unfriendly policies -- though it was a surprise for me. My bike, festooned with "Love your...

In Portland, Ore., the second credit union to do so announced this week it was offering a new financial product: a bike loan. I think it's the idea of the decade. (In fact, it was my idea, so it's hardly a surprise that I love it.) Not everyone agrees with me.As a self-described "family biking...

AAA has never had a history of being bike-friendly. But this year, the organization debuted its own bicycle roadside assistance plan. Is the idea of AAA for bikes crazy? Though the organization, KFC-like, recently shed its full name embracing the automobile and now goes officially by its acronym,...