Fuelly: share and compare your mpg

August 7, 2008 4:09 PM

Fuelly: share and compare your mpg
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.

posted by mathowie (19 comments total)

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.
posted by mrzarquon at 4:28 PM on August 7, 2008

You're a very feulish man, Matt.
posted by wendell at 4:38 PM on August 7, 2008

I recently made an Excel spreadsheet that does a very, very scaled down version of this, but this is infinitely better. Well done.
posted by dhammond at 4:46 PM on August 7, 2008

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.
posted by mmahaffie at 6:04 PM on August 7, 2008

Miles and Gallons mean nothing to me- needs a metric version.
posted by mattoxic at 6:46 PM on August 7, 2008 [1 favorite]

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!
posted by wendell at 7:58 PM on August 7, 2008

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 :)
posted by chrisamiller at 8:38 PM on August 7, 2008

Now I just need a car.

Can I have a company car?
posted by cortex at 9:40 PM on August 7, 2008

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.
posted by weebil at 6:32 AM on August 8, 2008

Seconding metric!
posted by the dief at 6:47 AM on August 8, 2008 [1 favorite]

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.
posted by device55 at 6:59 AM on August 8, 2008

joshmillard added
Mefimobile '86 (Yugo)
to his garage.
2 minutes ago
posted by cortex at 7:39 AM on August 8, 2008

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!
posted by Eideteker at 8:12 AM on August 8, 2008

[This is good.]

Mentioning carpooling in the Tips section would be a nice addition.
posted by cog_nate at 9:36 AM on August 8, 2008

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

Spiffy site. Thanks!
posted by Toekneesan at 10:04 AM on August 8, 2008

n-thing the suggestion to add a SMS/text-to-update feature!
posted by NikitaNikita at 5:48 PM on August 9, 2008

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.
posted by chrisamiller at 10:58 PM on August 10, 2008 [1 favorite]

Great. Just waiting for metric support and my next fill-up to start using it.
posted by lodev at 5:24 AM on August 11, 2008

Late to the game: where is this iPhone-friendly version I keep on hearing about?
posted by booticon at 10:21 AM on August 14, 2008