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 MospawWhat, too soon?Hawaiian Jellyfish
join:2001-01-08
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Re: [Help] How can I determine my gas mileage? 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.
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 CheesePremium
join:2003-10-26
Naples, FL
kudos:1 | 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. Geek!   | | |
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 jrs8084Premium
join:2002-03-02
Statesville, NC
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Darn-I thought I was accurate. I am not a worthy geek.
Do you evaluate your payrate to determine the lost productivity for every sip of coffee from the mug? 
That sort of info is fodder to HR freaks when evaluating who is "important" to the company during "challenging times".
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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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