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What's Normal? - Do you reset your trip odometer(s) after filling up/charging? (1 Viewer)

Do you reset your odometer(s) after filling up/charging?

  • Yes

    Votes: 46 28.2%

  • No

    Votes: 117 71.8%
  • Total voters
    163
Yep... habit. I get upset if I can't make it to 300 miles on a tank of gas. I actually also reset my "B" odometer the first of every month. Not sure why :crazy:
 
I have mine to auto reset every tank of gas.

B has never been touched. It used to be set for trips but I don't really care anymore
 
Not sure how to reset on new cars. Used it years ago when all I had to do was push the button on the dash. Too complicated now. As are the radio, AC, etc. I wish they would have kept this stuff on buttons rather than screens.
 
In my old cars yes.

Modern cars - The only one I drive is a work vehicle and I hate it and don’t touch anything. I get a new one every two years so it sucks to reprogram everything.
 
jhib said:
No. Seems a bit anal-retentive to me.
Do you write all the mileage down in a little notebook before you reset?
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The idea for older cars is you can keep track of the gas mileage to know when to change the oil and if you don’t get the amount of miles on a full tank there might be an issue.

It’s essential for older cars.

No I don’t use a notebook but I email myself each time I perform maintenance on our vehicles.
 
No but I also have a new car that is constantly telling me my current and historical MPG so I don't need to do anything to know where I am at. It's actually a little game I have with myself now to keep it up above a certain number.
 
Ilov80s said:
No but I also have a new car that is constantly telling me my current and historical MPG so I don't need to do anything to know where I am at. It's actually a little game I have with myself now to keep it up above a certain number.
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Been there...
 
I voted yes because I always do this in my ICE card and also calculate mileage when I fill up.

The EV gives me the mileage whenever I turn the car off, and I think it will also give me the mileage since last charge but I'd have to look for it.
 
I used to do it but now that the cars have the DTE shown I don't really need the tripmeter anymore for gas reasons.
 
I do. Like to see if there is variation in mpg for the tank of gas, and if it is one off or enduring. I can't say it has been enduring yet :lol:

so.. i have done two European deliveries. While gas was pricy, they had higher octane and I got much better mpg when abroad.

I also purchased my current car up near Seattle and drove it home to CA. That first tank of gas was much more efficient (been steady since).

Might just be CA gas.
 
I only worry about range on longer road trips. Plug in daily, don't look at a daily or weekly miles/kwH.
 
Zow said:
the moops said:
Never even considered this
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Same. I've heard of people doing this, though, as a way to determine whether their vehicle is burning fuel efficiently.
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But newer cars already do this, I thought.

When you fill up, it gives you the estimated driving range. From what I understand, your car constantly recalculates your average mpg by doing the math of how much you've driven and the amount of fuel left. In a new car, it can take some time to get it anywhere close, but after enough miles, it's basically a continuing average based on recent driving.

If you start to see that driving range decrease after you fill up, then you know your mpg is dropping for whatever reason.

That driving range isn't a set number.
 
gianmarco said:
Zow said:
the moops said:
Never even considered this
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Same. I've heard of people doing this, though, as a way to determine whether their vehicle is burning fuel efficiently.
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But newer cars already do this, I thought.

When you fill up, it gives you the estimated driving range. From what I understand, your car constantly recalculates your average mpg by doing the math of how much you've driven and the amount of fuel left. In a new car, it can take some time to get it anywhere close, but after enough miles, it's basically a continuing average based on recent driving.

If you start to see that driving range decrease after you fill up, then you know your mpg is dropping for whatever reason.

That driving range isn't a set number.
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I think so too which is why it has never crossed my mind to actually do this. I'm just saying I've heard of this and they give that explanation.
 
Uh nope. My car can tell me what my MPG is so I can check that if I want. I don't drive enough to really care.
 
I don't trust my gas car to tell the truth. And it has very consistently been about 10% higher mpg than what I've measured myself.

On my EV, I have not measured myself and don't intend to because I pay attention every trip and assume that the EV can directly measure KWh's used much more accurately than my ICE care can measure gasoline volume. This assumption may be incorrect, or it may be naive for me to assume that the car reports its findings honestly, but I assume both.
 
Brunell4MVP said:
Not sure how to reset on new cars. Used it years ago when all I had to do was push the button on the dash. Too complicated now. As are the radio, AC, etc. I wish they would have kept this stuff on buttons rather than screens.
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I only drive 20+ year old cars so I've never had to deal with this. Going to avoid it as long as I can.

I trip A when I fill up gas. I trip B when I change the oil.

I'm not really sure why I do either. I rarely calculate the gas mileage, and I change the oil every March and October no matter how many miles I drive.
 
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