how do i figure how much my car gets mpg?

Question

its a 13.6 gallon tank. but i have no trip reset either...thanx for your help!

Answer 1

some people are such dorks, DJRSXS!! Completely fill your gas tank. Write down the mileage on the odometer. next time you fill up, write down the new mileage on the odometer. Subtract the first reading from the second. This is how many miles you have driven on that tank of gas. Now, divide the mileage you drove on that tank of gas by the number of gallons of gas. Example: first odometer reading=10,000 miles. second reading=10,300 miles. You put 12 gallons in your tank. 300 miles/12 gallons= 25 miles per gallon.

Answer 2

You have to take several readings as below and average them together. You'll get different results in different seasonal temperature ranges and city versus highway driving conditions amongst other variables like your driving habits or style. You read your odometer mile change between gas fill ups and divide the number of miles traveled by the number of gallons used to fill the tank each time. Compare that to the manufacturer's published gas mileage on http://www.fueleconomy.gov/

Answer 3

a million. Fill your tank to finished. 2. checklist your odometer mileage. 3. force a minimum of two hundred miles; (or close to to drain). 4. checklist your odometer mileage returned. 5. Fill your tank to finished returned. 6. in the adventure that your tank took 10 gallons, then divide two hundred by using 10 which equals 20 miles in keeping with gallon. notice: For extra accuracy, do this length 3 or 4 situations over a one thousand mile commute distance.

Answer 4

go to the gas station, log your mileage at that point, fill the car with gas, drive the car, when you get to where you need gas, go to the station, record your mileage again, fill up your car in the exact same manor as before (for accuracy) and record the number of gallons used to fill the tank. subtract the old miles from the new miles to get miles driven. to simplify things we will say you drove 250 miles and you used 10 gallons of gas, divide the number of miles driven by the gallons of gas used, 250 divided by 10 equals 25 miles per gallon. there you go.

Answer 5

Fill your tank, write down the milage, drive it, the next time you fill up, take the difference in miles, (milage/gallons) divide the milage by the gallons, so 254 miles driving on 15.445 gallons of gas would be 16.45/mpg

Answer 6

look it up on the internet. or if you just have a mile counter rather than a trip reset, why not just look at that after you fill up and write it down, then look at it again next time you go to fill up?

lol BB, I do find this sad that you have to explain something this simple this in-depth.......who would have ever thought of looking at the odometer could tell you how many miles you drive ROTFL

Answer 7

There is an easy way too.

When you're near empty, put 10 gallons in. write down current mileage.
Drive untill the gage goes back to the point it was at when you put gas in it.

Subtract you previous mileage, from your current mileage.

Devide total by 10..