I see a lot of posts here trying to estimate maintenance costs for different cars and it's funny having to estimate fuel consumption using; "I spend Nxx,Bleep every week from work to home or VI to Gbagada everyday when no one knows the exact distance.

As a result, I've been thinking, let's make a super thread!

For the past 2 years I've been using a mobile app to record my fuel and maintenance expenses so I can accurately, to the last kobo tell you how much I spend per month/year on fuel and maintenance.

I'd like more of us to do this and would like this thread to be a reference for people asking questions on fuel consumption and maintenance for different car brands.

How are we going to do this?

1. Download one of the fuel and maintenance tracking apps from the appstore or playstore.

Autosist (I use this)
Fuelio
Drivvo

2. Enter your car details accurately. Mileage (km or miles as case may be)

3. Buy a full tank of petrol (this is the only way to accurately calculate what was used)

4. Drive around for a few days and fill your tank again.

5. Post your results from full tank to full tank here let's compare miles per gallon or km per litre.

6. Whenever you repair anything on your car add it to the app too.

How this would help.


1. You would know if you are spending too much on your car
2. You would always have a full tank.
3. We can compare what we spend on service, parts and maintenance
4. If we have enough people posting regularly we would have less questions on fuel consumption and the like and more interesting car discussions on cartalk.

Thanks for this thread. I'm definitely gonna try what you've suggested.

DominusPrime:
Thanks for this thread. I'm definitely gonna try what you've suggested.

I'd Edit the first thread and add details for my last full to full tank run and other expenses once I'm chanced.

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Very informative. I'll sure love to see this thread succeed. I'll be back to update this comment when my ride arrives

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Monday is a good day to start.

Download the Apps for Android

Autosist
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.AutoSist.Screens&hl=en

Drivvo

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.ctncardoso.ctncar&hl=en

Fuelio
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kajda.fuelio


Simply Auto

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mrigapps.andriod.fuelcons

6 cylinder Engine,
No warning lights.
In city driving with traffic.

Filled tank, drove for a day +,
Refilled and it only took 3 litres (actually less because it clicked at 2l but attendant kept pumping)

cluewebhost:
6 cylinder Engine,
No warning lights.
In city driving with traffic.

Filled tank, drove for a day +,
Refilled and it only took 3 litres (actually less because it clicked at 2l but attendant kept pumping)

You should include your average speed. So someone who drives at 8mph due to traffic and does 12mpg will not start thinking his vehicle consumes fuel when he sees his type of vehicle doing 15mpg not knowing that
vehicle covers 12mph.

Any comparison without average speed in my opinion is dead on arrival.

rationalmind:


You should include your average speed. So someone who drives at 8mph due to traffic and does 12mpg will not start thinking his vehicle consumes fuel when he sees his type of vehicle doing 15mpg not knowing that
vehicle covers 12mph.

Any comparison without average speed in my opinion is dead on arrival.

Lol this is a new one.

The gears keep the engine at an almost constant rpm when driving so except you accelerate hard all the time I feel fuel supply would be almost constant.


I'd start keeping records (hardly have the time or remember to ) and compare over time.

252 miles for N11500. A week. V4 engine.

harlimy:
252 miles for N11500. A week. V4 engine.

That's about 3.5 miles per liter.