Gas Mileage

[PickUpGirl787]

So is there any other way to figure out your gas mileage if your odometer doesn't work? Or your fuel gauge??? Or pretty much anything else you can think of? Just wondering. And I dont want to spend money

[mrjohnwayne]

hmmm. If your odometor or trip meter aint working I don't know.

[mudseeker]

count the yellow lines in the middle of the road. then convert yellow lines to miles.

[barrybomb]

Here's how:

First find someone that is driving their vehicle to the same place you are,they will keep track of the mileage traveled. Make sure you are travelling atleast 20 miles,for accuracy.

Have the person in the other vehicle follow you to the gas station near.Fill your truck up,pump your own gas and keep pumping it into the tank untill the pump will not allow you to get another drop in,you know you are absolutely full.

Make your trip,the longer the better,have the other person follow you to a gas station near your destination.At the gas station,get the miles travelled from the other driver.Then fill up your truck.Fill it till it won't take another drop.Look at the gas pump to see how many gallons you pumped in. Then simply divide the number of miles by the number of gallons you just pumped in your truck.Be sure to use fractions of miles and gallons to be accurate.

Even if you had a gas guage,this is the only accurate way to tell how much fuel you have used.

The only other tip is...don't follow a Ford if you want to get there without stopping for repairs!

[PickUpGirl787]

wow kudos to you for typing that.... Sounds like a lot of work, but you never know I might get bored one day and try it, thanks if you were serious hehe

[72'CaminoKid]

figure out exactly how far 2 gas stations are from one another (along a certain route). fill completley up at one. drive to the other fill up again. then divide the distance between them by the amount of gas you put in the 2nd time. its hard to say if a long short or medium distance would be most accurate. or if a straight path or route with alot of turns would be more accurate. i'd probably just go about 50 miles on a route with a couple different turns involved. this way you're not getting strictly city or strictly highway mileage. but honestly, it'd probably be best to figure it out for which type of driving you do most.

[greasemonkey]

"Then simply divide the number of miles by the number of gallons you just pumped in your truck." Barrybomb

This is backwards, you divide the number of gallons by the mileage. Seems it would be easier just to get it repaired though. Good luck!

[PickUpGirl787]

Hey mudseeker your a real funny one, but Im not blonde so dont think your pulling a fast one on me

[mudseeker]

i wouldn't think of it.

[PickUpGirl787]

haha right, so I figured it out, I actually went out and figured out my gas mileage, yes i was bored, but i get around a whopping 12 miles per gallon haha good thing i dont care about money