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
