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Re: [Help] How can I determine my gas mileage? There is a good site I use to keep track of gas mileage and dollars spent on gas. Basically you just enter in data from your gas receipt and mileage on the odometer and it will keep track of it for you.
www.californiagasprices.com
Click on Fuel Logbook on the top menu. |
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 xpc2600
join:2004-05-14
San Diego, CA | my ford probe gt 94 v6 auto can go ~270 miles on a full tank of gas thats with=out using a heavy foot on the gas, with its ~240 - 250( i only use 91 octane and nothing else. lower grade makes my mazda motor choke using lower grade. 91 is smoother ) |
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 jazzy_
join:2004-01-27
Charleston, SC | reply to taurean98
I've been doing this for awhile on my 94 tracer, it averages about 35 mpg city/highway mixed driving. The car is rated at 30/38 I think so it's doing very well. |
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said by taurean98 :
Any tips on how to determine the actual gas mileage of your car? Driving a ford taurus 6 cyl by the way, but I'm looking for info that I could apply to any vehicle. Thanks for any assistance.
What grade are you in? You have a drivers license? Your question has been answered, so I just thought I'd ask a few! 
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mikefxu
join:2004-10-05
Titusville, FL
3 edits | reply to taurean98
»www.scanguage.com
The new one is more expensive you can find some of the older cheaper boxes for $50-$75 on ebay or on forums. I got mine for $50 because the user upgraded to the new one. The thing is pretty cool and you can scan and clear codes with it.
»cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SCAN-GAU···ameZWDVW
Here is what the old one looks like, basically same as new one but bigger and uglier.
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 ToadmanHypnotoad
join:2001-11-28
Ohio
kudos:1 | I can give you my experiences -
96 Ford Taurus with Duratec 3.0 - 24 on highway babying it (not above 65) and about 20 city/highway mix driving
2002 Ford Taurus with Zetec 3.0 - 26 on highway babying it and about 21 city/highway mix driving.
Your experience may vary based on gas (there is a difference in gas, I like shell), driving habits, and mileage of vehicle. |
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 CodyBob Vance, VRPremium
join:2002-05-28
Mukilteo, WA | reply to taurean98
Yeah, I average about 33ish mpg lately with my 05 Accent (5spd). I did get just over 40 when I drove to the Coast and back though.
I used to get 29/30 in my Auto '96 Corolla DX |
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 IcEr3KPremium
join:2001-01-19
Los Angeles, CA
2 edits | reply to taurean98
'02 Ford Explorer V6 2WD - 15mpg majority city, 18mpg city/highway mix, 20mpg highway
'07 Scion tC Auto - 24mpg city, 27mpg city/highway mix, 31-33mpg highway
(The tC can really use a 5-speed auto transmission to save some gas) |
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 joakoPremium
join:2000-09-07
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I write the miles on the gas reciept and keep them in the armrest, every so often when I clean out my car I take them out and input it into a spreadsheet that tracks the gas millage and also keeps a total of miles and average consumption.
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said by Mospaw:said by Hall:said by Mospaw: I used to calculate to the thousandth of a gallon when I realized that 17.885 MPG is pretty much the same at 17.880. You're kidding ! You used to calculate it to 3 places ?? Damn... To me, 1 place is good enough. Is it an estimate of course. Too many other variables that influence it. No joke. Actually, I had a spreadsheet set up for the car that calculated fuel costs on a per tank and ongoing average basis. That really did give me a good overview of how much fuel the car consumed. I also had calculations for insurance, maintenance and other operating costs like payment. I broke them all out on a per-mile and per-month basis along with the requisite averages. It was fun to see the different numbers, and how an oil change affected the total cost per mile of the car and so on. Maintaining the spreadsheet it was a bit of a pin, so I stopped. Yes, I'm a geek. And I thought I was the only one that 'a***'! good job, you're not the only one!  |
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