7 Simple Steps To Accurately Compute Your Car’s Gas Mileage

Figuring out your gas mileage yourself is very easy to do, and if you remember this simple method you can figure it out for yourself every time you fill up your tank.

First, you need to figure out the number of miles between each fill-up. Second, you will figure out how much gas was used. Finally, you will estimate your gas mileage, using only simple math. To get started, you will need a calculator, a piece of paper, and pen or pencil.

Step 1: Completely fill-up your gas tank.

Step 2: Push the trip odometer in your vehicle so that resets to zero. If you can’t for whatever reason, then you can just write down the total mileage of your vehicle on the piece of paper.

Step 3: Drive as you normally do until the gas tank is almost empty.

Step 4: Fill your gas tank completely full.

Step 5: Now you need to calculate the number of miles you have driven since between fill-ups. If you reset your trip odometer (in Step2), check it now for this number. If you wrote down your vehicle’s mileage in Step 2, subtract it from the current total mileage of your vehicle. Write down the number you get because this is the number of miles you have driven between fill-ups.

NOTE: Keep in mind that most of the time, the number you write down in step 5 should be between 100-500 miles. If you’ve driven a lot more or a lot less, there might be a problem with your math (or you’re getting really good mileage).

Step 6: Next you need to figure out how much gas you have used between fill-ups. To do this, all you have to do is to look at the pump. The number of gallons on the gas pump is how much gas you used between fill-ups. Write down the number of gallons with a few numbers after the decimal point on the piece of paper.

Step 7: Now, on your calculator, divide the number of miles you drove between fill-ups by the number of gallons of gas you used (The number in Step 5 divided by the number in Step 6). This equals your gas mileage!

If you drive a truck or large SUV, gas mileage should be somewhere between 20 and 12. If you drive a large car or small SUV, gas mileage should be somewhere between 25 and 18. If you drive a mid-size or compact car, gas mileage should be somewhere between 35 and 25. Gas mileage for scooters is so great, that drivers shouldn’t even calculate. If your gas mileage is significantly more than what is listed above, you may have either calculated something incorrectly or there is something wrong with your vehicle.

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