Comments on: Fuelly: share and compare your mpg

Fuelly: share and compare your mpg

mathowie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:09:18 -0800

Fuelly is a new site built by me and pb to help you track your gas mileage, allowing comparisons with EPA estimates, and other people driving the same car.

There are many tools out there to do MPG tracking, but we thought we could do something interesting around community aspects and among friends. So try it out, sign up, add your car, and start tracking your mileage.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:28:18 -0800

That is pretty neat.

Of course, since I fill up like once a month, it will be a while before I actually see any sexy statistics.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:38:14 -0800

You're a very feulish man, Matt.

By: dhammond

dhammond — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:46:02 -0800

I recently made an Excel spreadsheet that does a very, very scaled down version of this, but this is infinitely better. Well done.

By: mmahaffie

mmahaffie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:04:18 -0800

Cool! This is very timely. I'm just a few weeks into a new car, and am stepping down from a hybrid (Letting my daughter drive that). I have been using a google docs spreadsheet for this, but am pleased to try this as well.

By: mattoxic

mattoxic — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:46:22 -0800

Miles and Gallons mean nothing to me- needs a metric version.

By: wendell

wendell — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 19:58:24 -0800

No! You must make it U.S. only or them furriners will just keep reminding us how much more expensive gasoline is where they live!

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:38:19 -0800

As I said on Fuelly - as soon as I can text in my updates, it'll be perfect. Not all of us are lucky enough to have iPhones, you know :)

By: cortex

cortex — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:40:10 -0800

Now I just need a car.

Can I have a company car?

By: weebil

weebil — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:32:14 -0800

Thanks for this! I keep an Excel spreadsheet--sort of. Being able to compare data with friends and others with the same model might make me better about actually recording all the receipts I keep.

By: the dief

the dief — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:47:23 -0800

Seconding metric!

By: device55

device55 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 06:59:49 -0800

I've been doing the spread sheet thing too...which of course works fine...but this is more fun.

The best part I think is comparing what mileage other drivers with the same make and model car -- The "I'm a totally good driver, see? I have stats!" effect.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:39:56 -0800

joshmillard added
Mefimobile '86 (Yugo)
to his garage.
2 minutes ago

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:12:49 -0800

joshmillard added
Mefimobile '86 (Yugo)
to his garage.
2 minutes ago

Good god, man! We need to get in this thing and solve some crimes!

By: cog_nate

cog_nate — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:36:13 -0800

[This is good.]

Mentioning carpooling in the Tips section would be a nice addition.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:04:53 -0800

Love the fuel nozzle mascot. And the ability to give my car a name.

Spiffy site. Thanks!

By: NikitaNikita

NikitaNikita — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:48:07 -0800

n-thing the suggestion to add a SMS/text-to-update feature!

By: chrisamiller

chrisamiller — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:58:30 -0800

Shouldn't fuelly be added as an "also on" option on MeFi profile pages? Just sayin' - don't shy away from promoting a nice site.

By: lodev

lodev — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 05:24:24 -0800

Great. Just waiting for metric support and my next fill-up to start using it.

By: booticon

booticon — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:21:23 -0800

Late to the game: where is this iPhone-friendly version I keep on hearing about?