[Lazarus]

If moneys tight you could just get a bike and put it on the back of the car and drive close to the distination and ride from there. The better shape you get in the futher out you park until you riding most of the way.

I've found that I save a ton of gas not so much on the commute but on the day in day out short trips. Trips of less then 3 miles going to the post office, store, haircut etc. These are FE killers when the car is cold so most of my drive time is longer legs where the FE is much better.