If you are selling a car with an old fuel system that may not be too conservative
on fuel you might want to consider getting the car tuned to use less fuel. A lot of people dont realise that a carburettor can be tuned to use less fuel. Even if the car is fuel injected and controlled by a computer the computer can be tuned for economy. This will give you a great selling point when explaining to a buyer your cars advantages when selling a car. With fuel prices as they are at the moment it might be the smartest move you can make when selling a car if it is not the most fuel efficient model.
If your car is a gas guzzler it might be a good idea to sell it in order to buy something more economical. If you are doing a lot of driving for work or to take family members to appointments it might be a way to save a lot of money. There does not seem to be much indication of petrol prices dropping any time soon. So consider getting rid of that gas guzzler as a way to save some money. Selling a car that is not economical will take a lot of unwarranted financial pressure off you. It is not a good time to be driving an eight cylinder car with a carburettor that gets two kilometres to a litre of fuel. It is advisable you think about selling your car and getting something a little more fuel efficient.
Dont waste money on fuel if you dont need to at the moment. Long term financial sense is against it at the moment. It may not be because the car has a large engine that your fuel consumption is unreasonable. Make sure the engine is tuned correctly. If the car has trouble with the engine it might be consuming more fuel because it is strained or not burning the fuel correctly. On the opposite end of the spectrum - if you are someone who wants to purchase a car to then go about selling it eventually then something with a small engine and fuel efficient is the way to go. I noticed an increase in prices for second hand small engine cars almost immediately after the fuel prices started to sky rocket.