Haha, a 15 mile trip is a long trip for me… 
Yeah, that is one more for at least the Toyota’s vehicle calculated fuel mileage being within 0.5 MPG… Thanks for posting!!
And yeah, if I had researched the MPG difference between the 4wd and rwd fuel mileage, I probably would have gotten the 4wd… Nice truck BTW!!!
Wow! You paid $4.50 per gallon? Costco in central VA was $2.75 yesterday.
I could have gone across the street and paid $4.79 a gallon and got a free carwash
Gas prices seem to vary widely across the country. Some of it has to do with varying state taxes, but… ?
In any event, gas isn’t selling for “$1.98 per gallon in a few states”, despite one person’s statement to that effect. The last I heard, the average price nationwide was $3.14/gallon.
Our Mapco’s and Exxon close to me are about $2.54 and the Shell is $2.79 (grr), but the BJ’s is about $2.20 a gallon…
The Costco near me is currently charging $2.78/gallon.
On a related note, I read this morning that Costco is beginning to open free-standing gas stations that are not located next to one of their warehouses. The first one will be located adjacent to an expressway in Mission Viejo, CA, it will have 40 pumps, and–like their other stations–will only be open to members.
The Chevron near my house was 4.64 last night, at Fred Meyer (Kroger) it’s 4.19 with rewards card. I fill up twice a week.
Washington state is an expensive place to live.
On my Mustang the average fuel economy is typically around 0.3 MPG optimistic in everyday driving (~10 miles a day, semi-rural conditions (40-50 MPH speeds, with a couple stop signs/lights along the way). On longer highway stints (~280 miles at a time, 70-80 MPH) it’s just about dead on, usually within 1/10 of an MPG.
For the F-150 there’s more variance. the display is about 0.5 MPG optimistic is typical day to day driving, but closer (0.2 MPG) optimistic highway driving.
Both are close enough for my needs, but I still double check with a calculator at every fill up.
It’s not taxes. West coast gas is very expensive before the taxes are applied. In WA total taxes are $0.5828/gal while in NJ they are $0.4235/gal.
If you want to get an even better idea, keep a log for like 1,000 miles. There’s just a ton of variability in terms of driving and some also in term of just how full the tank gets before the pump’s auto shut-off. I’m sure what you got was pretty close or maybe even right on. But you can eliminate random error with more miles.
My price can vary 20-30 cents up or down from week to week. I’ve just quit pondering it unless we get back to 4 or 5 dollars again. I think a lot of it depends on the source of oil and the refineries. I think ours comes out of Canada and we have more or less local refineries. If you eliminate the refineries in your state, good luck.
You need a website to calculate gas milage? It’s simple 3rd grade math that most people can do in their head.
Car computed gas mileage is a guestimate at best. Some are closer than others.
Does that Polish website use imperial gallons or U.S gallons, and which measurement are you using?
It;s me - You have more nerve than I do. No way I am going to click on that web site that is most likely Spam. Having a dealer flash because the dash readout is not the same as what you can get with a pen and paper. Get serious !
The .pl = Polish
Like I’ve said, what difference does it makes? You’ll use the same amount regardless of whether the computer measures the gas in the tank and the injector flow or you calculate on paper. Kinda like getting a receipt for purchases. You have the same amount of money. My high school business teacher spent all night looking for a 7 cent error. Forgot to record feeding the parking meter.
Our 2010 prius shows 78mpg on the 3mi drive home from the station.. goes down to normal on the first drive around town. We’ve kept paper.notebooks in every car since the 70’s
How often we check is more to compare to the same time frame in previous years. We loose 8mpg in the winter on the prous compared to warmer months.
As do my hybrids, it’s accurate because I’m on battery power for most of the slightly down hill drive.
With my PHEV, the highest that the read-out goes is 99 mpg. When I’m running solely on battery power–as I do the majority of the time–that figure is obviously wrong. When I calculate my overall mpg after a fill-up, it can range anywhere from 84 mpg to 261 mpg–depending on how often I ran the gas engine before filling up.
Typically, I fill-up with ~7 gallons every 2 months or so, but I once drove for close to 4 months on 8.7 gallons of gas.
I once got 60mpg with my Highlander for the first 10 miles after fill-up. I filled up in VT at the top of a mountain and it’s a 10 mile drive down the mountain.