It really doesn’t matter what is your financial status or how many and which cars and suvs do you own, but when it comes to know about your car’s mileage, you are curious. “What is my car’s/suv’s mileage?” is an obvious question in every car owner’s mind. Even if you really don’t care about your car’s/suv’s mileage, we would suggest you to estimate your car’s mileage atleast once in a while as it seems to indicate your car’s or suv’s health.

Make a note if your car’s or suvs mileage is quite below the normal mark, because it might trouble you very soon. Don’t ignore and consider the fact that something wrong is going on within the engine. Cars with bad fuel efficiency tend to pollute the environment more and while we aren’t exactly tree-huggers, we believe that you shouldn’t harm the environment willfully. So another point of consideration for you is the environment.

Estimating your car’s mileage/fuel economy is the simplest task if you know to do it and is toughest if you don’t. Here is a simple procedure of estimating a car’s mileage. You can try out the same procedure with AC on once and AC off the second time to know your car’s or suvs fuel economy in both states separately and to calculate the effect the air-conditioner has on your car’s fuel consumption.

Go to the filling station and fill the fuel tank completely. Completely means completely, up to the brim!

Note the odometer reading (kilometers done) before starting the engine. This reading is the starting point. If you have a trip meter as soon as you enter your car, you can reset it to read ‘zero.’

Don’t hesitate to use your car or suv as you usually do.

Once your fuel gauge indicates that your tank have emptied up to an extent, maybe half or three-fourth, visit a nearby filling station if possible visit the same one you tanked up at the last time. This will help reduce the error and you won’t be suspicious.

>> Note down the quantity of fuel it took to fill the tank up to the brim.

>> Fill the tank completely once again.

>> Note the odometer reading once again. Take down it as finish reading.

>> Now calculate average/mileage/fuel economy of your car as:

Average = (Finish reading – Start reading) / Fuel quantity.

>> Alternatively, divide the trip meter’s reading by the number of liters of fuel required to top up the second time.