Fuel Economy Log - Week 4
May 17th, 2006 | by Brian Carr |This week was my best so far, and because I’m a dork, I’m pretty excited about it.
This week I filled up at $2.90 per gallon, bought 11.198 gallons of gas and drove 412.3 miles between fill ups, all of which means I got 36.8 mpg!
Based on my car’s average fuel economy of 29 mpg, I was able to increase my car’s gas mileage by a whopping 27%! This increased gas mileage equates to a savings of $8.73 on this tank of gas.
My four week total savings is now up to $28.29, which means I’ve pretty much paid for one fill up just by being a better driver. Spread that out over an entire year, and I’ll save about $370 on gas.
So, for those of you who say the small savings don’t add up, I’d like to know what you do for a living because $370 is a lot of money!
