Fuel Consumption

[J.T.]

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As everyone knows, it now costs the earth to get about, I'm trying to work out how many miles per gallon my van does.

Is there some way of working it out that doesn't involve having a degree in maths :lol:

I put £50 worth of diesel in today and that gave me 38.49litres.

I've set the milometer back to zero & when the fuel light comes on again :- " I'll see how many miles I've done. But I don't know how many gallons are in 38.49 litres :wacko:

I'm already confused, maths never was my strong point

Any one know how to do this?

 

[Whippetman]

As everyone knows, it now costs the earth to get about, I'm trying to work out how many miles per gallon my van does.Is there some way of working it out that doesn't involve having a degree in maths :lol:

I put £50 worth of diesel in today and that gave me 38.49litres.

I've set the milometer back to zero & when the fuel light comes on again  :- " I'll see how many miles I've done. But I don't know how many gallons are in 38.49 litres :wacko:

I'm already confused, maths never was my strong point

Any one know how to do this?

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38.49 liters is equal to 10.168 gallons

 

[littlenell]

:blink: My OH says 1 gallon is 4.546 litres (I wouldnt know, maths aint my thing either) :wacko: :b

 

[Fleesh]

:blink: My OH says 1 gallon is 4.546 litres (I wouldnt know, maths aint my thing either) :wacko:   :b

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Yours knows all this useless info as well as mine :- "

I know my car does ave. 50/51mpg

(But then again it has a trip computer and all I have to do is press a button to find out )

 

[masta]

As everyone knows, it now costs the earth to get about, I'm trying to work out how many miles per gallon my van does.Is there some way of working it out that doesn't involve having a degree in maths :lol:

I put £50 worth of diesel in today and that gave me 38.49litres.

I've set the milometer back to zero & when the fuel light comes on again  :- " I'll see how many miles I've done. But I don't know how many gallons are in 38.49 litres :wacko:

I'm already confused, maths never was my strong point

Any one know how to do this?

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38.49 liters is equal to 10.168 gallons

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38.49 is equal to 8.46 Imperial gallons your calc is working on US Gallons

 

[quintessence]

This conversion calculator might help, don't be put off by their spelling of the word litre, they explain further down that litre is the European spelling.

http://www.metric-conversions.org/volume/l...-uk-gallons.htm

Jenny

 

[Mark Roberts]

an easy way to get a rough guide is to your MPG is

Divide your £50 by 6 (ie: £6 a gallon) gives you 8.3 gallons for your £50.

then take your milage after your light comes on and divide that by the 8.3 that will give you your rough MPG.

 

[meddling]

http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator.php

does the work for you :thumbsup:

 

[J.T.]

I know my car does ave. 50/51mpg 
(But then again it has a trip computer and all I have to do is press a button to find out  )

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Thats cheating :- "

Thanks everyone, some very helpful info there. 8 & a bit gallons doesn't sound very much for £50 does it?

I'll be doing a fair bit of travelling over the next week so it won't be long before I can work out a figure.

Cheers,

Julie :thumbsup:

 

[billyboy45]

Dont seem so long ago,since we were buying a gallon for 30 pence,just to light the annual halloweve bonfire.

 

[Mark Roberts]

last july I was paying 81.9p a litre from Tescos now i'm paying 130.9p :rant: