Ten Thousand Miles

The odometer in the Fiat just passed 10,000 miles so I thought I would take some time to show you the anal-retentive way I keep track of my mileage since Day 1.  First a little background.

When I rolled off the lot in my Fiat 500 it had 73 miles on it.  It was given to me with a full tank so for the purpose of this exercise we can consider 73 = 0 in counting the miles I have driven.  Here is the first chart I would like to share showing mpg for each the 33 tanks of gas that I have used…

The Fiat 500 was listed as 34 mpg in town and 40 mpg on the highway.  Most my driving is in town so I was a bit disappointed with the initial mpg that I was getting.  I was hoping things would improve as the car was broken in and the trend line would indicate that it is. I have hit 35 mpg on 3 occasions.

Almost as important to me is the cost per mile which can be seen below for each tank…

This is a bit deceptive since not only mileage affects this but also the price per gallon…

So, as my miles / gallon increase, unfortunately so has the price / gallon.  This does allows for a steady price / mile cost though.

Some other information that may only be important to me is the cost per day.  I have spend $1,016 so far on gas over 289 days for a price / day of $3.52.  My car payment originally was $8.83 per day (I have since then moved my loan to my credit union for a lower interest rate and shorter term making it $9.70 per day now).  I will not bore you (further) with my insurance costs.  I have only had the maintenance costs of an oil change and that sums up my costs.  I am on pace to drive 12,700 miles for the first 12 months though that will go up as the son and I are heading to Indiana with a brief stop in Tennessee on the way.  That should add close to 2,000 miles.

If you want a copy of my super duper spreadsheet that allows me to track all these things just leave me a comment.

Jon