How Many Gallons Per Week?
 

Everyone reports their fuel use in gallons per distance travelled, but what about gallons per unit time? I've been wondering, what really matters - miles per gallon or gallons per week?

Currently, I use about 3.555 g/wk.

- LostCause

I go with gallons a week/month/year. Usage is much more important then MPG. In my opinion.

I'd figure it out, but I haven't burnt any gallons for 5 months, :p

2.26 gallons/week but that varies every week of course.

Wow ! And I thought I was the only one !

I walk / bike to work. I also ride the bus.

Lately, I have only driven the car to keep from setting too long.

( BTW, How long can a full tank of gas set before it goes bad ? )

Why even own a car if that's the case? It is bad for car to sit unused for long periods of time. Plus your wasting money on insurance.

If you are only using a car a few times a year you would probably be better off just using rentals.

i'd say about 5~7 gallons a day. I drive to work 39 miles one way, been getting 16~18mpg, i fill up every 3 days. usually sundays i don't go far, maybe just around town. so... anywhere from 30 gallons to 40 gallons.30x$3.60=$108 a week

4.45 gallons/ week

since 2/24/08

If you got a civic or something and cut that bill in half you could easily pay for the car in < 1 year.

yea but coming up with the initial cost is the problem. I'm trying to come out of debt from being unemployed for 2 months. Almost there though. I thought about buying a harley sportster, i don't think my credit will get me the loan though.

current rate is 1 gallon every 5 days..

starting next week..

3.13 gallons for every 5 days

just going to work $48 a month..

So far as I can find most oil companies say about 90 days until the octane levels start to decline but there are so many factors influencing storage in the equation I think it is probably hard to get a definite number.

Cheers , pete.

LostCause -

I averaged my usage from February 1 to April 30 and came up with 10.43 gallons per week.

CarloSW2

24 mile roundtrip to work .. 120 Miles / week 27 MPG
would be about 4.4 gal / week.

what about $ / mile as a measure?
$3.69 ($/Gal) dividedby 27 (Mile/Gal) = 0.136 $ / Mile
times 24miles / day to work and back = $3.28 / day.

GAUD that suprises me... if i got a bike for $100 - i would need to ride to work 30 days to "pay" for the bike in saved gas..
I have to explore that more... interesting had not thought of it that way.

Steve

Over the winter I was using around 2 gallons a week, I'm now down to around 1 gallon a week.

90 days before gas starts to change it's octane rating sounds about right, after 6 months of sitting motorcycles don't normally run well, I've fixed a number of motorcycles this spring that had gas that was a little over a year old and they wouldn't run until they had new gas.

The Paseo uses at max 4.5 gallons a week depending on how much I carpool with the wife. This week I used about 1.5 gallons.

The Matrix uses roughly 14 gallons per week (100 miles per day average) thus my focus on this vehicle.

And what does decreased octane levels mean ? Will it actually go " bad ? "

Looks like it's time for a roadtrip ! :p

I have heard this many times before.

What all will be damaged by letting a car set to long ?

I try to drive my car at least two or three miles every two weeks or so.

Every three months or so, I run down to Houston to visit my folks - a 280 mile round trip.

This last trip, I had a flat ( valve stem leak ) on one tire and another of the tires developed a split at the valve stem. I had the valve stem replaced.
Could this sort of thing be due to having the car set too long ?

I average around 8-10gal a week. I drive a lot though, to and from work, car club meets, race track....blah blah blah!

Although, now that I have been payin more attention to my driving, perhaps that will decline a bit!

7 gallons a week +-, 320 miles, about 2 gallons better than when I started ecomodder in February. Sixth consecutive weekly tank at better than 40 mpg.

Last year I used 10-14 gallons a week to travel the same distance and thought nothing of it.

homeworkhome53

Because whether or not a need to drive is unpredictable. For example, I need to go to a conference next week, and this summer I'll be driving a lot for bike racing, but at school, I don't need to drive, unless something "comes up." I could get buy with no car if I was just at school, but for those times when I'm home and would need a car more often, I'd be screwed, :p

For April I used 77.66 Gallons of gas
Average per week 18.12

That's why I'm here, and May's numbers are going to be awesome !!

1.27 gallons per week using my garage entries for this year.
I carpool with one of the other guys at work whenever possible, we use his truck all the time now btw. He has outgrown my Geo. He won't let me buy the gas, but he does let me buy his coffee on the way in.
so it is really
1.27 gallons gas,and
.96 gallons coffee
I walk to the local store for stupid little items
I drive when I have to
S.

This is pretty funny..................

My 1995 Chevy 4X4 gets horrible gas mileage. I would have to put about $15.00 per day in this truck just to go the 40 miles round trip to work. Add another $30-$40 for the weekend. This equals out to using about 35 gallons of gas per week on average.

Thirty five gallons in one week? My 1998 Metro has just used 30 gallons in the last month since I got it, but this was with 2 weeks running on 2 cylinders and a plugged cat.

Right now, I use about 6-8 gallons per week on average including weekend travels. What a life-saver this little car is!

rounded out I use nearly exactly 1 gallon per day/ 7 per week. Some days I do burn nearley 10 gallons (rare), but over time it is made up by the fact that I typically use .4~.5 gallons on a normal day.