Monday, July 2, 2012

Gas Mileage Estimates

gas mileage estimates

Now that the prices for gas are up all over the country, many are worrying about how much more it is going to cost them to go on trips or just to get through the week.

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Though the prices are up and down, they seem to magically go up when the weather is nice and more people want to take a vacation to get away. Either way, there is not much a person can do about it other than to just stay home. No one wants to do that, so they have to find a way to get gas mileage estimates so they have an idea of how much they are going to spend on their trip for gas.

There are many ways to do this, and a person can come up with their own gas mileage estimates on their own. They have to find out how many miles their car or truck gets per gallon. This should be listed in the owners manual of the car, but that is not always right. They should then decide how many miles they are going to be driving, and then how much they are going to pay per gallon.

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With a little math, they can figure out how much they are going to spend on gas.

If, for example, the trip is going to be three hundred miles, the car gets 30 miles per gallon, and gas is $3.00 per gallon, the gas mileage estimates for that trip would be found by dividing 300 by 30 to see how many gallons of gas will be needed. That equals ten. Then multiple ten by the cost of gas. In this case, 300 miles will cost about 30 dollars. Those numbers arent right though, as most vehicles will not get 30 miles per gallon, but that is just an example of how to get gas mileage estimates.

There is an easier way however, and it can be found online. Because I am horrible with math, even when I know I can do it, I went in search of something to help me with gas mileage estimates. A simple search online should bring up many of the sites out there that can calculate this information for you, but you do have to know how many miles per gallon your vehicle gets and how many miles you are going. Because city and highway driving are different, it is always a good idea to add some extra money to the final numbers of your estimates to be sure you arent going to be short if money is going to be tight.

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