Each to their own. The spreadsheet does the calculations I just add the date, litres, cost, and mileage, takes less then 30 seconds a month on average. I also add info about maintenance points so can see at a glance what's needed or been serviced. Takes less time than writing a post on here. I wouldn't call it analysis, just a reasonably accurate overview rather than shuffling bits of paper.
What's your MPG?
I like to keep an eye on it, as people have already said it gives you an indication of something being wrong
On my 12 mile commute to work, the difference in MPG going to work vs coming home is huge.
In the car, I can get 30ish on the way but struggle to get 20mpg on the way home... HILLS!
In the car, I can get 30ish on the way but struggle to get 20mpg on the way home... HILLS!
Do you work at the seaside and live on a mountain
Not quite but similar scenario hahaDo you work at the seaside and live on a mountain
Just got a van a couple of months ago and tracking my fuel usage. Last check I got about 300 miles from 3/4 of a tank. The last tank the first quarter I got 135 miles from a long journey, which seems like a decent return of about 35mpg but the next half tank I got about 165 miles. I work this out to be around 21.2mpg. This was mostly school runs and supermarket trips, about 1-2 miles each way. Does that seem right? I was expecting the van to be thirsty bugger but a lot of people seem to get 30+ doing short runs and 40+ on the motorway/dual carriageway. Van is a 2016 T6 Highline 2.0 TDi BMT SWB with about 57k miles on the clock. Is there anything, big or small I can do to improve the mpg? Cheers.
Oh and I love the spreadsheet idea. Might do that just for fun.
Oh and I love the spreadsheet idea. Might do that just for fun.
Lots of short trips are certain to hurt your fuel economy and don't do the van a lot of good, it never gets warm enough and you will get DPF problems if you don't do some longer faster journeys on a regular basis.
Now pushing 42.5mpg and wondering how much more mileage I can squeeze out of this old girl !
Keeping an eye on MPG certainly makes for a considered and more relaxed driving style.
The best I ever managed from my Euro 5 140 was around 43 mpg after stretching the tank to about 720 miles before bottling it! This was mainly on a 32 mile commute on fast A roads so momentum was everything!!
Each trip to and from work would be around 50 mpg on the MFD so I was a little disappointed when I did the calculation.
I can't drive like that anymore...