For example if the car fuel cost per gallon is approximately on average now is $3.50 cents . Depending on your driving habits vehicle Mileage per gallon is 18 miles on big trucks/suv and 25 miles on economy car.
So your fuel cost per mile on SUV/Big Trucks is
3.50/18= 0.194444 (Rounding to 0.20cents approx)
(Divide Gallon Cost by Miles per Gallon)
So your fuel cost per mile on Economy car is
$ 3.50/25 miles = 0.14 cents per mile.
(Divide Gallon Cost by Miles per Gallon).
Most of the fuel tank capacity on vehicles now a days starts from 15 gallons,18 gallons, 20 gallons and 22 gallons.
Question:
If nearest gas station A from your house is 3 miles away for example is serving regular fuel at cost 3.50 cents per gallon and another gas station B around 4 miles far away is serving $3.49 cents per gallon which gas station will you Choose to fill the vehicle tank?.
Answer: There is a penny difference in price between gas station A and B. So for driving from station A to Station B your savings and cost are explained in below table.
I have seen few patrons driving too far to save a
penny on a gallon gas .So Think and do it.
Just for information purpose only .
So your fuel cost per mile on SUV/Big Trucks is
3.50/18= 0.194444 (Rounding to 0.20cents approx)
(Divide Gallon Cost by Miles per Gallon)
So your fuel cost per mile on Economy car is
$ 3.50/25 miles = 0.14 cents per mile.
(Divide Gallon Cost by Miles per Gallon).
Most of the fuel tank capacity on vehicles now a days starts from 15 gallons,18 gallons, 20 gallons and 22 gallons.
Question:
If nearest gas station A from your house is 3 miles away for example is serving regular fuel at cost 3.50 cents per gallon and another gas station B around 4 miles far away is serving $3.49 cents per gallon which gas station will you Choose to fill the vehicle tank?.
Answer: There is a penny difference in price between gas station A and B. So for driving from station A to Station B your savings and cost are explained in below table.
This
explanation is based on above values in the example.
|
Gas station A
(Your nearest 3 miles) Full tank fuel cost per filling
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Gas Station B
(4
miles away )
Full tank fuel cost per filling
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Your vehicle tank capacity
|
15gallon x $3.50 =$52.5
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15gallon x 3.49=$52.35
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SUVs/Big truck Per mile fuel cost
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3miles x0.20 cents=0.60 cents
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6miles x 0.20 cents =$1.20
(your driving 4 miles + driving back 2mile extra )
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Your total cost per
filling
|
$52.5+.60 cents =$53.10
|
$52.35+$1.20=
$53.55
|
So even though GAS Station B has cheaper price than
Gas Station A you
lose money by going to GAS Station B.
Similarly above rules applies to all vehicles with different
tank capacities. So please calculate and save little money witch adds up big in
a year.
Just for information purpose only .
