Is there any easy way to determine what mileage your are
currently getting?? With out any fancy gadgets? Just looking to use some simple math.
2006-08-13 16:28:14 · 11 answers · asked by jito11rivera 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Fill up the tank. Record the odometer.
Drive.
Filll up the tank. Record the number of gallons of gas you put in. Record the odometer.
Take the change in odometer readings and divide by the number of gallaons of gas you put in. Miles/Gallon.
2006-08-13 16:33:52 · answer #1 · answered by something 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fill up your gas tank completely. Write down your mileage. Then drive your tank almost empty*. Fill it up completely again and write down how many gallons it took. Also write down your mileage. Figure out how many miles you drove since the last time you filled up (i.e., subtract the first mileage from the second). Then divide the miles by the number of gallons (to the tenth) it took to fill up the tank. That will give you the miles per gallon.
*The idea is, drive a lot. Don't refill the tank after one day; if you got stuck in traffic or had especially good traffic, it will throw your computation off. The longer you drive between fillups, the closer to a true average you will get. You can also fill up twice--just make sure you divide by the number of gallons of both fillups! Don't risk running out of gas to get an empty tank!
2006-08-13 16:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Maryfrances 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fill the car up with gas, then set your odometer to 0. Drive until you are out of gas (but don't break down). Divide the number of miles that you drive by the number of gallons your gas tank can hold. That is the number of miles per gallon that you got while you were driving. This will change if you drive on the highway versus in town.
2006-08-13 16:33:23 · answer #3 · answered by Mama R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i have a proven method,,i am a certified auto mechanic and live in Tennessee,and i came up with a method that i have used for 20 yrs,,and it has always been accurate,,OK,,here we go,,first you go to the station where you buy your gas at,,fill it all the way to the neck,,i mean till it wont hold another drop of gas,,,now take down the amount you put in,,also the price of it,,and the exact amount of gallons,,now after you pay for it,,i want you to go out and drive 50 miles,,go anywhere you want to go,,and return to the station where you bought the gas at to start with,,,now your going to fill it back up,,all the way to the neck again,,,,same as before,,now take the amount of gallons,,and the price of it,,and the mileage,,and figure out how much it coasted you to fill it back up,,also compare this to the original amount you put in it,,the difference in the two is the amount that you used to go the 50 miles,,this will tell you exactly how much it costed you to drive 50 miles ,,plus the exact amount ,,right down to the tenth,,what you got in mileage,,and you can also figure by this what you will probably get to the tank,,but this is a proven way to know exactly,,to the tenth,,what your gas mileage is,,i have done this for over a 100 of my customers,,who just had to know,,and it has never been wrong yet,,and i been a mechanic for 35 yrs,,try it,,you,ll see I'm right,,i hope this helps.
2006-08-13 16:46:16 · answer #4 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Stop at a gas station
2. Reset tripometer to "0"
3. Fill up the tank completely
4. Drive, drive, drive
5. Stop at a gas station
6. Fill up the tank completely
7. Divide the miles on tripometer by the total gallon of gas you just filled
The result = your miles per gallon.
2006-08-13 18:48:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a=Mileage of first automobile b=Mileage of 2d automobile. a/25=MPG of first automobile b/15=MPG of 2d automobile a+b=1475 it is the completed mileage pushed a/25+b/15=seventy 5 it is the perfect miles in accordance to gallon. Then decide on. First, we decide on equation a million for a. a=1475-b change a contained in the 2d equation. (1475-b)/25+b/15=seventy 5 Then decide on for b.
2016-12-06 12:05:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fill your tank
Reset your odometer to 0
Drive normally
When you get gas, refill your tank
Take the number of miles driven and divide by the nu,ber of gallons used to fill up your car....
2006-08-13 16:34:02 · answer #7 · answered by JerseyRick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you have to do is fill your tank....then keep track of your mileage and when you fill up again....take the # of gallons and divide it into the miles....
2006-08-13 16:34:25 · answer #8 · answered by funlady6632@yahoo.com 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fill your tank up. record your mileage off the odometer. drive until your tank gets low. fill your tank up. read your odometer to get how miles you have driven. see how many gallons it took to fill your tank. divide the number of miles driven by the number of gallon. bingo
2006-08-13 22:13:03 · answer #9 · answered by donnie n 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i like dodge mans way but use the same pump for sure and let it shut off by itself by locking the trigger on the handle i mean if its so full it could run out i think 50 miles sounds short too
2006-08-13 16:54:10 · answer #10 · answered by big_t_1_1999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋