Well I've been keeping close track of my mileage to this point, so I thought that I would post some numbers for everyone to look at!

------------Mileage----Gallons-----MPG

Tank 1-----347.7-----24.556-----14.16
Tank 2-----334.1-----22.313-----14.97
Tank 3-----356-------24.359-----14.61
Tank 4-----161.3-----10.535-----15.31
Tank 5-----378.8-----23.639-----16.02
Tank 6-----376.9-----23.013-----16.38
Tank 7-----388-------23.986-----16.18
Tank 8-----347-------23.7--------14.64
Tank 9-----341.5-----22.99------14.85
Tank 10----387.9----26.467-----14.66
Tank 11----379.9----24.682-----15.39

Overall---3799.1----250.24-----15.18

 

Last I checked mine, it came in at 17.7 MPG. Not bad at all!

 

I'll have to check mine again. I did it once and it came in at 13.88. That was with about 2,500 miles on the vehicle.

 

# date
###.# miles (total miles)
##.## dollars (total dollars)
##.### gallons (total gallons)
##.### mpg ([total miles-130 miles] / [total gallons])

# 03jan04
401.6 miles (3221.0)
33.50 dollars (243.00)
22.652 gallons (177.823)
17.729 mpg (17.383)

I keep track of every maintenance/addition/fill-up for my truck, and at my most recent fill-up I had gotten 17.729 MPG which puts me at 17.383 overall with me 5.4 Super/6.5'/2wd

 

Date Odometer Reading Miles on Tank Brand of Gas Octane Gallons Used Miles Per Gallon
11/24/03 240 240 Mobil 87 18.40 13.04
11/29/03 507 267 Texaco 87 21.00 12.69
12/5/03 717 211 Texaco 87 16.80 12.55
12/8/03 939 222 Mobil 87 16.96 13.08
12/13/03 1159 220 Texaco 87 17.40 12.63
12/20/03 1380 221 Texaco 87 17.22 12.83
12/29/03 1642 262 Mobil 87 20.01 13.09


Mostly city driving.

 

I'm averaging 12.8 mpg.
I have 1,800 miles on it so far.

All city type driving.

 

I've hit right around 14.3MPG since day one.
FX4 SCrew

 

::cough:: :::shameless plug::: :::cough:::

Have you tried Ownersite.com to track fuel mileage and maintenance information?

:::cough:::

 

Steve,
While most people calculate fuel mileage as # of miles since last fill-up divided by # of gallons required for current fill-up, doesn't Ownersite use a different formula? I tried a trial membership and wondered about that.

Thanks,
John

 

::cough:: :::shameless plug::: :::cough:::
I use "vi" to keep track of my stuff... oh wait - that's almost like "notepad" for you windows guys out there...

Works fine...

 

JohnAndDar, the way we calculate from one record to another is in the manner you described, providing that the current entry is a fill-up. (if it were not a fillup, there would be no way of accurately calculating it) I don't know of any other way to calculate it. We also provide a fuel usage calculation over the period it is being tracked in Ownersite.com, which may have led to some confusion because we provide a description of how mpg is calculated.

vocabulaic, I actually wrote Ownersite.com using edlin. Who needs those fancy gui's?

 

Thanks Steve. You're right, I went back to Ownersite.com and checked...it was the fuel usage calculation over period I was thinking of. I must have missed the explanation that is at the site before. Anyhow, I renewed from my expired trial subscription to the "Plus Plan" Now I've just got to make some time to get my vehicle records entered.

John

 

Thanks, John! I don't want to drive this thread too far off-topic, but just in case you missed it, there is now a fuel record "import" feature in Ownersite.com, so you don't necessarily have to re-key the information.

 

Precisely

 

seeing my gas mileage all the time makes my truck less fun to drive. i stopped keeping good track of it. i am usually between 15-16 MPG. that's all I need to know.