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wesman1299 · 03-07-2011, 02:19 PM

This isn't a 'mod', it's more of a suggestion or question:

I've been checking users' fuel logs on this site recently and I've been surprised to see how many people who are waiting until an empty tank to fill up. With fuel prices rising so rapidly as of late, why are people waiting so long? I know having a full tank of fuel adds weight, but the money you save by filling up more often during rising prices should far offset the extra cost of driving with a full tank.

I'm a number junkie myself, and I understand the reasoning behind depleting an entire tank for sake of consistency, but isn’t one of the motivations behind ecomodding to reduce the amount of money spent on fuel? Of course, it’s probably not practical for some users to fuel up more often than they already do (particularly those who drive very often), but if you’re waiting two weeks to fuel up when it would still be practical to fuel up sooner, why wait for gas to rise $0.10-$0.20 when you can buy the same amount of gas you’re going to be using anyway for less cost?

03-07-2011, 02:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
wesman1299 Frugal Ecomodder Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Southwest Florida Posts: 12 Focus - '02 Ford Focus ZTS Team Ford 90 day: 30.63 mpg (US) Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Why wait so long to get gas? (save by filling up more often during rising prices) This isn't a 'mod', it's more of a suggestion or question: I've been checking users' fuel logs on this site recently and I've been surprised to see how many people who are waiting until an empty tank to fill up. With fuel prices rising so rapidly as of late, why are people waiting so long? I know having a full tank of fuel adds weight, but the money you save by filling up more often during rising prices should far offset the extra cost of driving with a full tank. I'm a number junkie myself, and I understand the reasoning behind depleting an entire tank for sake of consistency, but isn’t one of the motivations behind ecomodding to reduce the amount of money spent on fuel? Of course, it’s probably not practical for some users to fuel up more often than they already do (particularly those who drive very often), but if you’re waiting two weeks to fuel up when it would still be practical to fuel up sooner, why wait for gas to rise $0.10-$0.20 when you can buy the same amount of gas you’re going to be using anyway for less cost?