cent per mile querie

rje66

recently as fuel prices have risen ive become more aware of fuel economy of my car and as a rough guide its costing in the reigon of 24cent a mile:eek: mostly city ish driving. would this be seen as uneconomical or average?.
car is 99 318 bmw petrol and im not heavy on the pedal while driving.
thanks in advance

Alanstrainor

What a crazy way of calculating fuel usage!

So a bit of guess work is required here.

This means that at a cost of 1.50 per litre(ball park) you travel 6 miles for every litre.

6 miles is about 10km

which makes

10l /100km

Which is 28MPG?

rje66

thanks alan,
mpg i had about 29 so we are close on that, but I was more interested the cost per mile. I know its pretty much the same thing but when you see it as a cost it becomes more relevant. ie 15k miles a year @24cent a mile=€3600 :eek:, time to get more economical wheels.

so 29mpg average/not so average/terrible?

dar83

My car costs me 20c per kilometre. And that's half city/half motorway.

Totally worth it though.

jayok

Alanstrainor wrote: »

What a crazy way of calculating fuel usage!

It might seem crazy at first, but most companies will pay you on a cent/mile or cent/kilometer basis, if you use your personal car for work.

The reason for this is to tie in the with the Civil services tax breaks for personal useage.

Alanstrainor

rje66 wrote: »

thanks alan,
mpg i had about 29 so we are close on that, but I was more interested the cost per mile. I know its pretty much the same thing but when you see it as a cost it becomes more relevant. ie 15k miles a year @24cent a mile=€3600 :eek:, time to get more economical wheels.

so 29mpg average/not so average/terrible?

We were damn close!

29mpg is fantastic in that car to be honest. City driving will murder most cars on petrol, I can't see that car doing much better.

Alanstrainor

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