I think its more useful for a lot of people. If you drive to work and back every day, then you know how many miles you drive. So you can say "I need to fill up my tank every week" or something, and you can figure out how much money you need to spend each week. Its not about wondering if you can fill up during a trip, but about how much you need to spend on gas.
Interesting - I would never have thought of doing my budgeting that way.
The way I do it is that I know my work commute is about 30KM, so about 150KM per week, and that my Mazda has an average combined fuel efficiency of about 7L/100KM - meaning that my commute uses about 42L of fuel per month. I know that gas costs around $0.96/L in this area at this time of year, so my commuting costs about $40 per month in fuel.
I use this line in my budget, and hence pay less attention to exactly when I refill my tank - and know that any amounts I spend on gas above this number are somewhat discretionary.
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I think its more useful for a lot of people. If you drive to work and back every day, then you know how many miles you drive. So you can say "I need to fill up my tank every week" or something, and you can figure out how much money you need to spend each week. Its not about wondering if you can fill up during a trip, but about how much you need to spend on gas.
Interesting - I would never have thought of doing my budgeting that way.
The way I do it is that I know my work commute is about 30KM, so about 150KM per week, and that my Mazda has an average combined fuel efficiency of about 7L/100KM - meaning that my commute uses about 42L of fuel per month. I know that gas costs around $0.96/L in this area at this time of year, so my commuting costs about $40 per month in fuel.
I use this line in my budget, and hence pay less attention to exactly when I refill my tank - and know that any amounts I spend on gas above this number are somewhat discretionary.