Cost per mile to run

[Northy]

I'm struggling to work this out

If I know:

Price per L
MPG that a car does

How do I work out the cost per mile?

G

[peetbee]

How about:

Price per litre x 4.54 = price per gallon (ppg)
ppg / mpg = price per mile

[Spencer Mulcahy]

You need to convert the litres to gallons I think it is 4.4 litres per gallon then go from there.

[Rich D]

£1.39 per litre x 4.54 = £6.31 per gallon

Car does 38 mpg

£6.31/38

£0.16 per mile in fuel.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by peetbee

How about:

Price per litre x 4.54 = price per gallon (ppg)
ppg / mpg = price per mile

Originally Posted by Spencer Mulcahy

You need to convert the litres to gallons I think it is 4.4 litres per gallon then go from there.

I always use 4.545496 litres to a gallon.

An Uncle gave me a small imperial to metric slide calc back in the 70's when going metric was the fashion and it was on the front cover and it's stuck with me ever since.

[RudolfXC]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

I always use 4.545496 litres to a gallon.

An Uncle gave me a small imperial to metric slide calc back in the 70's when going metric was the fashion and it was on the front cover and it's stuck with me ever since.

I did say 4.546 but maybe should have been 4.5455.

[RudolfXC]

Originally Posted by Northy

I'm struggling to work this out

If I know:

Price per L
MPG that a car does

How do I work out the cost per mile?

G

Calculate the cost per gallon by multiplying the cost per litre by 4.546.

Divide this number by the MPG to get the cost per mile.

[metalmickey0]

I just use the app on my iphone. Does all the hardwork for me

[DCM]

Cost per mile usually isnt just your fuel though, just to toss you a curve ball.

[Steven Forster]

Ive just started using this website............

http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator.php

just found that im only getting around 35mpg in my 2.0 diesel mondeo which is down by between 9-11mpg

[Big G]

12p/mile for mine

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by dexter24

Ive just started using this website............

http://www.torquecars.com/tools/uk-mpg-calculator.php

just found that im only getting around 35mpg in my 2.0 diesel mondeo which is down by between 9-11mpg

if your taking the "official" figures forget it, there computor generated.

[peetbee]

Originally Posted by DCM

Cost per mile usually isnt just your fuel though, just to toss you a curve ball.

Ok, then it'd be:

((Cost of servicing & repairs + cost of tyres + cost of insurance + cost of MOT + cost of any other vehicle related expenses*) / number of miles) + (Price per litre x 4.54 = price per gallon (ppg)
ppg / mpg = price per mile)

(* depreciation = value at start of period - value at end of period)