If one of your goals for 2012 is to spend less and save more, we can help. Patch toured Malverne and West Hempstead to find the lowest prices for fuel at local gas stations this week.

Here's the highs and lows of what we found as of Jan. 8.

GET PUMPED

Lowest Price (Regular) 

$3.57 per gallon at American (Cash only) on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead. Need to use your plastic to pay? U.S.A. in Malverne, across from Crossroads Farm on Hempstead Avenue, and two West Hempstead stations - OK Petroleum, on the corner of Westminster Road and Hempstead Avenue, and Vega, also on Hempstead Avenue, accept credit cards and have regular gas for $3.57 per gallon* too.

Lowest Price (Plus)

$3.69 per gallon* at Vega on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead and U.S.A. on Hempstead Avenue in Malverne.

Lowest Price (Super)

$3.79 per gallon* at Vega on Hempstead Avenue in West Hempstead and U.S.A. on Hempstead Avenue in Malverne.

STEER CLEAR

Highest Price (Regular)

$3.69 per gallon* at Mobile on the corner of Nassau Boulevard and Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead.

Higest Price (Plus)

$3.99 per gallon* at Mobile on the corner of Nassau Boulevard and Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead.

Highest Price (Super)

$4.15 per gallon* at Mobile on the corner of Nassau Boulevard and Hempstead Turnpike in West Hempstead.

Check back every week to learn what stations have the best prices.

* - The price in bold indicates what customers who pay with cash would be charged. Some stations charge credit card customers slightly more to account for processing fees.