Tuning tips: MPG calculator

[obi_waynne]

We have had quite a few requests for an MPG calculator and we found this one which works out not only your MPG but your annual fuel cost and your Cost per mile based on the price you enter. To use it just brim your tank, and when you fill up again note the litres [...]
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[bigbadjoe]

Yep, thats as good as your gonna get when it comes to mpg calc. 18.18 mpg. That sounds about right for me.

 

[HDi fun]

What's the point of this? Surely anyone can work out their fuel consumption using simple arithmetic. This calculator doesn't do anything special at all.

 

[obi_waynne]

People and I include myself in this are lazy. You need to know the conversion from litres to gallons!

Plus the calculator tells you the annual fuel cost for your given mileage and a cost per mile. I bet it is quicker to give you these answers than you would be with a calculator.

 

[HDi fun]

Not really. I do the calcs in my head just as readily.

 

[SLEEPER]

I dont bother doing the calculation - by the time Ive finished it I need to fill up again.

 

[HDi fun]

In some ways I, too, would rather not know :-( Not that the car is thirsty but fuel is outrageously priced.

 

[bigbadjoe]

I dont bother doing the calculation - by the time Ive finished it I need to fill up again.

PMSL

 

[obi_waynne]

You can pass everything except a petrol station! (or a drag strip! )