| Is it really being a tight wad or do we really need to | | | | Then drive your car as you normally do, but when it |
| watch how much gas our cars consume? The truth is | | | | gets to about half full then fill the tank as much as you |
| that this is becoming an issue for more and more | | | | can again and take your odometers reading or write |
| people, especially for people that don't make a lot of | | | | down your trip meter number and reset it again. You |
| money and who fight to just make ends meet. The | | | | also want to write down the number of gallons that |
| best thing you can do to find out how much you spend | | | | you were able to fit in your car. You want the exact |
| is to use this gas mileage calculator. | | | | amount you put in, or as exact as you can get it, |
| Gas and its "cost" seems to be on our minds a lot | | | | otherwise the gas mileage calculator doesn't work. |
| lately. That could be because the cost seems to be | | | | Here are the Gas Mileage Calculation Instructions: |
| eating into our grocery money. In other words many of | | | | 1. Subtract the first odometer reading from the second |
| us seem to be getting to the point of either "driving," or, | | | | one and see how much you drove between filling it up |
| "eating." Hmm I wonder which I will choose? I better get | | | | again. So if your second odometer reading was 38, |
| the gas mileage calculator and find out how much gas | | | | 300 and your first odometer reading was 38,175, you |
| I really need just to get back and forth to work. Maybe | | | | do: 38,300 - 38,175 = 125 miles. So you drove 125 miles |
| the solution is to quit my job! | | | | before filling up. |
| Just joking! But on a serious note we need to start | | | | 2. Take the miles you drove and divide it by the |
| conserving gasoline and we need to first find out how | | | | number of gallons it took you to fill up the second time. |
| much gas we really use in order to save more of it. | | | | So if you put 5.75 gallons, you would divide 125 by 5.75 |
| The first step then in saving gas is to find out how | | | | which would equal 21.7 mpg |
| much gas you actually use, and you can do this | | | | To make this simple a gas mileage calculator takes |
| through the use of a gas mileage calculator. | | | | the number of miles between fillips and divides it by the |
| Ok, so to do this and get it right, and use the gas | | | | number of gallons needed. |
| mileage calculator correctly, you need to fill up your | | | | Once you know how many miles your car actually |
| tank. The next time you head over to the gas station | | | | drives per gallon, then you are ready to find some |
| and fill up your tank jot down your odometer reading. If | | | | good gas saving tips which will give you more miles to |
| you can then set your car trip meter to zero, so you | | | | the gallon. Maybe that way you can afford to go on |
| get a better reading. | | | | vacation next year. |