Fuel Economy

[Racer X-8]

Originally Posted by Yaris_Fan

Racer X-8, Where did you import that graph from?

It's an Excel chart that I made up. I track all of my cars the same way, each one has a separate Excel file, different only in the data input from each fill-up. I've been using it since 2001. Works pretty good. The files also chart gas pricing and total mileage.

Inputs required - only done for complete fill-up's:
1) Date
2) Total mileage
3) Trip mileage since last complete fill-up
4) gallons (if you had one of more partial fills since your last fill-up, add-up the gallons for a total)
5) $money spent$ (again, if you had one of more partial fills since your last fill-up, add-up the $$$ for a total)
6) Kind of gas (like, "Shell regular")
I also have a remarks column for anything that might pertain, like oil change info, or like "Trip to Hotlanta"...

The gas pricing chart is pretty cool. You can see how they're playing the general public like a bunch of fools. You see a lot of short-term surges. The cost surges alarmingly high, then it receeds to calm the masses, but not all the way back. One after the next. After a while you see how the receeding not all the way back causes the long-term trend of increased cost that won't ever receed.