This is the last part of Stretch your motoring dollar series. We hope you've enjoyed it.

By David Ting

10. ROUTE WARRIOR
Electronic Road Pricing is potentially expensive if you don't plan your journey. Avoid, or minimise passing under lit-up ERP gantries and drive into town on weekdays during ERP's "happy hour" (10am to 12pm).

11. WASHING THE MACHINE
Every time you wash your car yourself, you save a few bucks that would otherwise go to that neighbourhood car wash. The going rate is $6, so if you wash your car weekly, you're saving over $300 a year. That's a lot of polish.

12. FLOOR PLAN
Always park at the lowest possible level in a multi-storey carpark. Every extra ramp you drive up (and down again later) is extra time spent and extra fuel burnt. In a basement carpark, always take the "highest" deck.

13. POOLING POWER
Car pools allow motorists on the same commute to share costs and also let them sell "taxi rides" to pre-arranged passengers. Making this possible are websites like www.carpoolking.com and www.carpool.sg

The writer is the deputy editor of Torque, a monthly motoring by SPH Magazines. Get this month's copy at leading newsstands now.