Why Everyone Should Track Their MPG
Most people can tell you their car payment down to the dollar. Ask them what it actually costs to drive a mile, and you get a shrug. Ask them what their car's real fuel economy is — not the window-sti
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Most people can tell you their car payment down to the dollar. Ask them what it actually costs to drive a mile, and you get a shrug. Ask them what their car's real fuel economy is — not the window-sti
When I bought my Civic Hybrid Touring, the window sticker said 49 mpg combined. That number is on the EPA test data, it's on every comparison site, it's the number I half-remembered when I budgeted fo
Most drivers carry a fuzzy number in their head: “my car costs me… some amount… a year?” You know it’s a lot. You don’t know what it is. And the EPA sticker on the window doesn’t help — that’s a lab e
There are three MPG numbers associated with your car. The one on the sticker when you bought it. The one on your dashboard right now. And the real one. They are all different. And two of them tend to
Most people know what their car payment is. Some people have a rough sense of what they spend on gas. Almost nobody knows what their car actually costs them per mile. The number is higher than you thi
When I started building VeraMile, I never once considered charging for the core product. Not because I’m naive about money. Because the whole thing falls apart if people don’t log their data. The App
Most people have no idea what their car actually costs them. I didn’t either — until I built something to find out. I drive a 2025 Honda Civic Hybrid. I bought it because hybrids are supposed to save