How often do you tank up your car? - Page 2

Gaseous Anomaly · January 7 2013, 06:27 PM

I drive my truck about 380 miles every week and fill up on Sundays. I'm averaging right around 15 MPG and my trip to and from work is about 50 miles round trip.

Captain Ice · January 7 2013, 07:26 PM

I average a fillup every 10 days or so. While my commute to work is only 8mi each way, my friends live all over the city.

When I tank up, it's usually in the neighborhood of 10 - 13 gallons at a time ($35 - $50)

RAMA · January 7 2013, 08:21 PM

About twice a week, and I usually put 3/4 of tank in each time.

RAMA

RoJoHen · January 7 2013, 08:22 PM

Yikes, that's a lot of driving.

MacLeod · January 7 2013, 08:41 PM

^In one of my previous jobs I was filling up on average 1.5 times a week, but i was fairly racking up the mileage

bbailey861 · January 7 2013, 09:17 PM

I gas up my Jeep every week and fill the wife's PT Cruiser every two weeks.

tomalak301 · January 8 2013, 08:59 AM

I'll get gas once every 2 weeks. It would be probably once a week if I start using it more.

Kirby · January 8 2013, 04:53 PM

Since they moved my office 27 miles away from my home, I tank up once per week. Fortunately it's mostly highway driving and I get about 24 MPG.I miss the days before kids when I could walk to the bus stop by my house and my wife and I only needed one car, which we'd only fill up about once a month.

LavianoTS386 · January 10 2013, 03:27 AM

I drive about 2 miles each way to work, and live in a pretty tight nit urban environment, so I rarely have to use my car for recreational purposes, I gas up about once every 2 weeks or so. I have a 94 Nissan Sentra

Naira · January 10 2013, 03:40 PM

I used to do it 2-3 times a month when I was in my hometown (3 during the months I worked at a nearby town ~80km away once a week). Now that I moved and go to work on foot, I hardly tank up once a month.

C.E. Evans · January 10 2013, 03:42 PM

Any answer depends on how much driving you do/how far you have to drive.

For me, it's about once a week during the wintertime to keep my tank at least half full all times, but up to ten days during the summertime when I can let it go down to a fourth of tank before heading back to the gas station (although it's been said doing that is bad in any kind of weather). The most I've ever spent at the pump at any one time was $25 USD.

My very first car--a '87 Plymouth Reliant--was a granny car with insane gas mileage after a mechanic did something with it that he was very proud of but I never fully understood. That little car was getting 35 miles to the gallon, and that was back in the '90s.

Shazam! · January 10 2013, 04:44 PM

I put about £30 in a week, but that's usually from whatever's left as opposed as from empty. Daily commute is about 25 mins each way.

MacLeod · January 10 2013, 04:52 PM

The next related question would be what's everyone MPG, mines ~55MPG

January 7 2013, 06:27 PM	#16
Gaseous Anomaly Wize azz™	Re: How often do you tank up your car? I drive my truck about 380 miles every week and fill up on Sundays. I'm averaging right around 15 MPG and my trip to and from work is about 50 miles round trip. __________________ KCCO

January 7 2013, 07:26 PM	#17
Captain Ice BBT Fan Location: Captain Ice's alter ego	Re: How often do you tank up your car? I average a fillup every 10 days or so. While my commute to work is only 8mi each way, my friends live all over the city. When I tank up, it's usually in the neighborhood of 10 - 13 gallons at a time ($35 - $50) __________________ Captain Ice is now Captain Stoned. - KM You are too straight to be a floral designer. - da Bunny RIP Dad Apr 22, 1942 - Dec 2, 2011

January 7 2013, 08:21 PM	#18
RAMA Vice Admiral Location: NJ, USA	Re: How often do you tank up your car? About twice a week, and I usually put 3/4 of tank in each time. RAMA __________________ “Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.”—Stephen R. Covey

January 7 2013, 08:22 PM	#19
RoJoHen Awesome Location: Wherever life takes me	Re: How often do you tank up your car? Yikes, that's a lot of driving. __________________ I am the Quintessential Admiral. Get ready to grow your EQUINOX BEARD!

January 7 2013, 08:41 PM	#20
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January 7 2013, 09:17 PM	#21
bbailey861 Vice Admiral Location: Kingston, ON	Re: How often do you tank up your car? I gas up my Jeep every week and fill the wife's PT Cruiser every two weeks.

January 8 2013, 08:59 AM	#22
tomalak301 Admiral Location: Bay Area, CA	Re: How often do you tank up your car? I'll get gas once every 2 weeks. It would be probably once a week if I start using it more. __________________ Twitter

January 8 2013, 04:53 PM	#23
Kirby Rear Admiral Location: Alt: 5280	Re: How often do you tank up your car? Since they moved my office 27 miles away from my home, I tank up once per week. Fortunately it's mostly highway driving and I get about 24 MPG.I miss the days before kids when I could walk to the bus stop by my house and my wife and I only needed one car, which we'd only fill up about once a month. __________________ Henderson!!!!

January 10 2013, 03:27 AM	#24
LavianoTS386 Admiral Location: Free Hats For Fat People!	Re: How often do you tank up your car? I drive about 2 miles each way to work, and live in a pretty tight nit urban environment, so I rarely have to use my car for recreational purposes, I gas up about once every 2 weeks or so. I have a 94 Nissan Sentra __________________ TrekBBS: The Motion Picture

January 10 2013, 03:40 PM	#25
Naira Rear Admiral Location: Greece	Re: How often do you tank up your car? I used to do it 2-3 times a month when I was in my hometown (3 during the months I worked at a nearby town ~80km away once a week). Now that I moved and go to work on foot, I hardly tank up once a month. __________________ TBBS Card \| "Don't Panic!"

January 10 2013, 03:42 PM	#26
C.E. Evans Vice Admiral Location: Saint Louis (aka Defiance)	Re: How often do you tank up your car? Any answer depends on how much driving you do/how far you have to drive. For me, it's about once a week during the wintertime to keep my tank at least half full all times, but up to ten days during the summertime when I can let it go down to a fourth of tank before heading back to the gas station (although it's been said doing that is bad in any kind of weather). The most I've ever spent at the pump at any one time was $25 USD. My very first car--a '87 Plymouth Reliant--was a granny car with insane gas mileage after a mechanic did something with it that he was very proud of but I never fully understood. That little car was getting 35 miles to the gallon, and that was back in the '90s. __________________ "Shout, shout, let it all out..." Last edited by C.E. Evans; January 10 2013 at 07:31 PM. Reason: typos

January 10 2013, 04:44 PM	#27
Shazam! Rear Admiral	Re: How often do you tank up your car? I put about £30 in a week, but that's usually from whatever's left as opposed as from empty. Daily commute is about 25 mins each way.

January 10 2013, 04:52 PM	#28
MacLeod Vice Admiral Location: Great Britain	Re: How often do you tank up your car? The next related question would be what's everyone MPG, mines ~55MPG __________________ On the continent of wild endeavour in the mountains of solace and solitude there stood the citadel of the time lords, the oldest and most mighty race in the universe looking down on the galaxies below sworn never to interfere only to watch.