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While it is true that we aren't tracking the fuel still left in the tank, we also aren't tracking the miles driven since the last fill up. Once a fill up occurs, BOTH are taken into account together. |
I think he means when you fill up, and then add the fuel up, that fuel up calculates the fuel you've just used rather than the fuel you've just put in.
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Your comment that it is a "trailing indicator" is exactly the problem. There is always going to be some Fuel in the tank that is not used. When you buy a car and fill it up at 0 miles with 10 gallons, although you have bought 10 gallons, you haven't used 10 gallons. As long as you keep filling the car up everytime you will always have those 10 gallons that are not used. Over time, as a percentage of fule used, this will become insignificant. Having said that, if I bought a car with 0 miles on it, I would like to register MPG from that point on. Simplest way, would be for Fuelly to allow an initial 0,0,0, fill up, so 0 miles, 0 price, 0 quantity. You can then start recording MPG from your second fill, remember that you can't record the quantity for you first fill, as this will effectively become your last fill, when you drive the car to the grave or you pass it on. Remember if you pass the car on to the next owner with a full tank, then that is effectively your first fill as well, and you have lost it, as you didn't do any miles on it. Oliver. |
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Fuel left in the tank is for miles not yet driven. It isn't relevant except that there was a cost associated with putting it in there. |
Nobody gets a car with zero miles unless maybe it's a higher dollar car bought through a factory delivery program. Even those likely have a small amount of miles as they likely test each one prior to delivery. In any event, one would expect the car to be delivered full of fuel. Drive to the nearest station and fill it. All ninety-seven cents worth. Reset the trip odometer(s) to zero. Then drive until you next fuel. Put it in fuelly, your tablet program, your paper expense book and anywhere else you want. However many gallons you used, that's your new gas tank capacity for that specific fueling. Next time it will be a different amount and every time after that. It doesn't matter what the ultimate capacity of the tank is, only what was actually used for miles that were actually driven. When you are getting rid of the car you can either fill it and calculate that last trip mpg or give it away empty and save the money since what difference does it make what the mpg was at that point.
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I understand the reasoning that people are giving for why it hasn't been developed in yet, but that isn't going to stop me from wanting the ability to create an initial setting WITHOUT having to fudge the first entry. |
Sorry to bump this discussion again, been flicking through people's dashboards and noticed nearly everyone adds a fuel up with "fuel only" and no miles. I have been telling people adding a fuel up is miles just driven, and fuel just used, so am I wrong or is everyone else? Will this not disrupt future fuel ups and average data figures?
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I just fill the car immediately on getting it, around a half gallon or so if the dealer truly filled it. Then I reset the trip odometers and away we go. It isn't quite purist enough for a few folks but over the course of 6 digits of miles it's plenty close enough.
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Same here, although mine had the fuel warning light on upon collection, I added a full tank, but didn't add anything to Fuelly until I had driven X amount of miles, and used as much of that fuel as I dare. I thought that's how it worked, but everyone seems to be doing it wrong.
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