Tracking Fuel Mileage with GasBuddy

[militaryincome]

MMM recently recommended GasBuddy for finding the cheapest gas in the area. However, I haven't seen anyone here mention their fuel logbook. From the main site, gasbuddy.com, you have to select one of the local sites and create an account there. The "Fuel Logbook" is in the middle of the menu at the top of the page. After you add your vehicle(s), just start tracking your fuel purchases. You must FILL UP for this to work.

This is how I do it:

Fill up the tank until it clicks once
Get a receipt
Write the current odometer reading at the time of fillup
Write down the price per gallon and number of gallons if it is not on the receipt
Enter the info into the fuel logbook

It keeps track of your expenses for each individual car by calendar year.

For those living outside the US, you can just put in your local currency and number of liters in the gallon spot. I am currently doing this since I'm in Japan.

[kudy]

Cool! I use fuelly for the same thing.

[Honest Bob]

I use fuelly also. I usually use the same gas station that always has the lowest price (at least when I was checking).

[ketchup]

I use my own dorky spreadsheet to track it. This winter has brought my average finally below 50MPG.

[Gubmints]

+1 for Fuelly.  It's dead-easy to report fill-ups- I don't even bother with the app, I just send a txt message to Fuelly.

[eyePod]

I use my own dorky spreadsheet to track it. This winter has brought my average finally below 50MPG.

I do the same thing.  Google spreadsheet that's linked to my favorites in my phone.  I start pumping, record the trip mileage, and then when it's finished pop in the $/gallons, and reset the trip odometer.  I just like having all the data at my fingertips instead of having to deal with another website to handle it.

[Joel]

I use an app on my iPhone called Road Trip. It allows for tracking of maintenance as well, giving alerts when maintenance needs to be done.

[aintnocoffeeshop]

Is Fuelly the company name (Fuelly LLC)?  Because I found an app called GasTracker+ by them and I was wondering if that was what you were referring to.

[prodarwin]

Is Fuelly the company name (Fuelly LLC)?  Because I found an app called GasTracker+ by them and I was wondering if that was what you were referring to.

Yes... bottom of fuelly.com has this:  © 2013 Fuelly, LLC