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How much did efficient driving save us in 2013?

January 7th, 2014 at 04:38 pm

In 2013, we drove ~9,000 miles.

The EPA est. fuel economy of our vehicle is 27/33/30 MPG (city/highway/combined). We drove mostly city miles.

Our end-year average fuel economy was 33.4 MPG.

Taking the highs and lows from

Text is this chart and Link is http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=24
this chart for our area (no link for area), the average price per gallon was $3.65.

9000 / 33.4 = 269.5 gallons
269.5 * 3.65 = $983.5 spent in 2013 on fuel.

9000 / 30 = 300 gallons
300 * 3.65 = $1,095 spent if attaining only EPA est. MPG

Total saved = $111.5.

This may not sound like much. However, keep in mind: I do not make many behavior modifications to my driving. It simply consists of accelerating slower, staying at or under the speed limit, and turning the car off whenever you would normally idle, and slowing down much sooner for stops.

If you want to learn more, visit
Text is CleanMPG.com and Link is http://cleanmpg.com/
CleanMPG.com

Posted in Saving Money | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “How much did efficient driving save us in 2013?”

  1. rob62521 Says:
    January 7th, 2014 at 08:08 pm 1389125285
    1389125285

    Any money saved is good money!

  2. scfr Says:
    January 8th, 2014 at 12:53 am 1389142415
    1389142415

    Actually, it does sound like a lot. That's almost $10 a month. Good job.

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