Money down your Tank ?

[Charlie S]

I was checking my monthly spending. I counted how many times I fill up per month.

I am dumping close to $300. worth of regular gas, averaging 2000 kms monthly.

How much do you guys blow on gas every month ?


Charlie

[chan7]

$300 bucks! Woah.. can't really compare with daily drivers, since I only use the car on the weekends, but I spend close to $80-$100 a month on a full tank (regular).

[klym]

Yeah I only drive my car on the weekends as well. I generally just walk to campus. I'd estimate like $100-150 monthly on the high end.

[Willow]

We spend about 160$ month on our Xtrail and about 40$ month on the Mazda. Our X is 4yrs and 3 months we just reached 80k kms

[MistaChin]

I think I'm averaging close to around $250. Don't worry charlie, I feel your pain.

[FoXy]

Thats the price you payyyyy... I fill up once a weekish, but I go to Kingston every other weekened too lol

[PearlM3]

We spend 240 a month on my car and 260 on my wifes for a grand total of....$500

[aris]

I always pay on my credit card so I can keep track on what I spend on fuel... I average $300 to $400 a month


This is cheap compared to what I was spending on fuel in my truck

[Willow]

What we are not saying is if we buy reg or premium gas. My bill is on reg gas for both vehicles.

[kckev99]

I was checking my monthly spending. I counted how many times I fill up per month.

I am dumping close to $300. worth of regular gas, averaging 2000 kms monthly.

How much do you guys blow on gas every month ?


Charlie

LOL.... 3-4 yrs ago when i was still dating my wife and seeing my folks back home in MTL every two weeks I was spending $600+/month on gas between my 93 Nissan Altima (beater) and my 99 Prelude. Not to mention the associated maintenance costs and insurance for the two cars. Needless to say all said and done it was the cost of a mortgage at the end of the month. I was doing oil changes every month. So sad...

The Mazda 3 has been a blessing in terms of fuel economy. the 2.SLOW engine sufficient to putz around in the city. Not the most fuel efficient but quite the difference compared to my two previous cars which both averaged about 10L/100kms.

[ovie8]

Averaging about $200 a month....but since putting on winters last weekend...i can see my feul milage really dropping....

[horto]

$61 for a tank of ultra 94 the other day! boooo

[malfunktion]

I do 500km /week .. $250ish a month ... robs my paycheck

[Unoriginalusername]

I do about 550-600km per week on average which takes a single tank at about $50 per week... so $200 for 2,200-2,4400km for me although i just put my winters on and imagine that my economy will drop off. I fill up with 91 octane, and am driving an acura type s not a 3 which is why the numbers are different

[shu5892001]

my petro point master card bill is around 300 every month too

[Pokey]

I average $250-$300/month as well; kind of depressing. (2000-2500 KM per month.)

I'll average about $240-260/month. About 3000km/month. If I drove ONLY to work and back I could get away with one tank / week. Throw in a few stops after work and I have to fill up every 4 days. (about 5.5 times / month). Glad that Mazda has the 8000km oil change interval.

[Thrizzl3]

$560...don't ask why..just blame the exhaust.

[sarujo]

Whoa!! I cannot imagine almost $7k/year on fuel costs...that's insane!


$560...don't ask why..just blame the exhaust.

[aZuMi]

Around $200-250/month...sigh...

[tmpz]

$90/month for me.

[DualSoul]

$300 for 2000km average of driving per month seems excessive. I have a 2010 GT as well, and I usually get 500km out of a tank before I do a fillup for about $50, which would work out to $100 less than what you're paying for the same amount of mileage. Either your fuel economy is horrendously worse than mine (lots of stop-and-go/bumper-to-bumper traffic/city driving or just a lead foot) or your gas is a lot more expensive (considering we're both around the TO area, that would mean you're filling up with 89 or 91 octane?)

[McGuyver_3]

$300 for 2000km average of driving per month seems excessive. I have a 2010 GT as well, and I usually get 500km out of a tank before I do a fillup for about $50, which would work out to $100 less than what you're paying for the same amount of mileage. Either your fuel economy is horrendously worse than mine (lots of stop-and-go/bumper-to-bumper traffic/city driving or just a lead foot) or your gas is a lot more expensive (considering we're both around the TO area, that would mean you're filling up with 89 or 91 octane?)

i fill up premium on my speed owned the car for 3 weeks so far and i have spent about 250$ so far for about 2000ish km. On my GT-E i had my fuel consumption was worse and i have the same driving habits from previous car to this one.

[Cousin Dave]

Summer months I spend around $600-$650 a month. I average about 3.5 tanks a week and drive about 1600 ams a week though. Winter months. About 160 a month.

[McGuyver_3]

:whoa damn man thats quite the mileage

[Cousin Dave]

:whoa damn man thats quite the mileage

I find the fact that you are saving money driving your speed3 has me wavering on switching.

[McGuyver_3]

I find the fact that you are saving money driving your speed3 has me wavering on switching.

:chuckle i have no regrets for switching

[Cousin Dave]

:chuckle i have no regrets for switching

Can't say I blame you. It is a sweet ride.

[ultimatedbz]

yeah i am around that 140/month mark

[DumpInfo]

$240-$280 a month. :bang

[bluemazda3]

i average about $150.. 3 fill ups a month..

[Flunk]

$130 for me, I drive it to work every day at about 1800km a month. I'm really happy with this car. Lots of fun and good fuel economy, I just have to jam my foot into the floorboards if I need to accelerate quickly. ;)

[philipfreire]

220 a month or so on the mazda3.

[Tony M. Nyphot]

Usually $260-360 on regular 87 per month. 3700-5000kms mostly across the 401.

[pacmann33]

In my truck that I drive mon-fri I average 190-210$ per week in a POS V6 2009 Dodge Dakota. I drive the car on weekends during the summer mostly. I fill it up once or twice per month.

I don't pay for gas in the work truck...or anything else. It's like making at least an extra 15,000$ a year when you factor everything in.

[ultimatedbz]

$130 for me, I drive it to work every day at about 1800km a month. I'm really happy with this car. Lots of fun and good fuel economy, I just have to jam my foot into the floorboards if I need to accelerate quickly. ;)

umm $130 = lets say $1 = 1L so 130L and you are getting 1800 km???
that's amazing... i think you have 2.0L engine?
7.22 litres per 100 km

[Jackal]

$200-220 per month from work and home and going downtown once a week.

[BlueJoe]

500km a week for school = $480/month JUST for school

[Dreamliner]

I take it many of you guys drive a bit more spirited than I do. I'm a 100-105KM/H cruiser on the highway, right lane baby!

[Flunk]

umm $130 = lets say $1 = 1L so 130L and you are getting 1800 km???
that's amazing... i think you have 2.0L engine?
7.22 litres per 100 km

Well, if you take into account a bit of rounding it's more like 8.0 average but yes I do have the 2.0L. I drive in horrible traffic so I'm pretty happy about it.

[PearlM3]

500km a week for school = $480/month JUST for school

That doesn't make any sense, that would mean your spending like $2/L for gas

[Pokey]

umm $130 = lets say $1 = 1L so 130L and you are getting 1800 km???
that's amazing... i think you have 2.0L engine?
7.22 litres per 100 km

What's amazing about that (see sig below) :)

[McGuyver_3]

What's amazing about that (see sig below) :)

How i miss my old 2.0 for that lol but i cannot complain about my new one :chuckle

[tweak_s]

Thats nuts dude... 2000 km a month = 500KM / week avg... your tank should theoretically last you 500km, i hope?

55L (Tank) x 4 = $220.

How are you at 300??!

[BlueJoe]

:( If im lucky i get 500-550 a tank when feathering the pedal, normally i get 450-500/tank

[taz4432]

In my 3 alone, over the course of the 11 months I've owned I've probably averaged around $500 or so per month. Then include all the money I spend on gas for other vehicles ('69 Malibu - 94 Octane only, parents'/family's cars...etc.). If you include all vehicles I drive, I'm probably spending closer to $700/month on gas.

Yah, I do a shit-ton of driving (over 5k/month in just my 3 alone over the summer, probably another 5k+ in other vehicles and there were no roadtrips this summer except one trip to Algonquin to go backpacking which actually brought down my average because of how many days the car just sat parked).

[Iceman_F1]

Avg 2,200 - 2,400 KM per month...around $180-$200 a month for that in fuel (depends on prices and driving style). I'm pretty pleased overall with the mileage.

[AshMarks]

I'm doing about 45 bucks a week. so 160 a month and that gets me around. I'm doing about 9.9/100 KM. Almost all city driving.

[AshMarks]

Sorry that's 180 a month.

[Wix]

About $125 my first month.
Just got to 410km on my last tank... equals a terrible 9.5L/100km. And its all bumper to bumper rush hour traffic!

[Turkk]

I do $120 per month - my old corolla was around $90/month. My 3 is 2.3 L and corolla was 1.8 L.

[wildcard50]

About 80 dollars a month but I don't cover that many km's ,also I have the 2 litre.

[iGOzoom]

About $100-150 (2-3 fill ups) maybe 1000-1500 km per month.. not to bad :)

[Kwokalobster]

I fill up 89 octane twice a week. so thats around $400 a month. i drive to school (Humber North Campus) everyday on the 407 from Markham Rd to hwy 27.

[E-POTS]

$200-$300 a month (91 octane)

i mostly do city driving (not downtown toronto city tho) i can get 450-475km per tank

[Punkrockjohn]

i spend about 100 bucks a month on regular

[steve220s]

1000km/wk so nearly $400/month with regular gas on an 08.5 GT.

[xdutrax]

I was averaging 5,500km/month and around $500 for fuel.

[rajin929]

we're around $50 a week with reg gas

that's with the awesome downshifting every time you press just slighly on the pedal to get anywhere with the little 2.0L coupled with bald tires and poor alignment LMAO

[izikk]

I put in about $200/month, mix of city/highway driving but mostly highway and the occasional traffic jam. 550 km a tank on average. That's with the 2.0L using 87 octane.

[Hyperion]

$30 every 2 weeks. Win.
I don't drive much.

[pforwell]

Back and forther between Burlington and London every weekend and to and from work(9 km one way) in the city and I'm about a tank a week, which is anywhere from $45.00 - $55.00 depending how low my tank gets and if I let the car heat up. I get anywhere from 500-600km per tank if I were to run dry.

2.3 l 2005 Hatch.

[towelsnap]

I'm payin about $60+ every 1.5weeks :(

[dj_adamix]

I get about 450-550km per tank. and it lasts me about 3-4 days so yeah. a lot of money....

but at least we should stop complaining. comparing our gas prices to gas prices in europe (example Poland) Its 5zl which = about $2 here lol. So lets not complain.

[Cousin Dave]

I get about 450-550km per tank. and it lasts me about 3-4 days so yeah. a lot of money....

but at least we should stop complaining. comparing our gas prices to gas prices in europe (example Poland) Its 5zl which = about $2 here lol. So lets not complain.
you got a point. We could all be living in Poland. (teasing)

[Derek13]

I do about 600 to 700 km per week, spending about 320 to 360 a month on shell v-power but I get 2% cash back on my Scotia Momentum Visa for fuel and grocery's so every year I get like 300 350 cash back in November... Pretty Sweet.

[Pokey]

I get about 450-550km per tank. and it lasts me about 3-4 days so yeah. a lot of money....

but at least we should stop complaining. comparing our gas prices to gas prices in europe (example Poland) Its 5zl which = about $2 here lol. So lets not complain.

Yeah, I remember years ago when I was there and gas was under $1/L here - watching the price zoom waaaay faster than the litres display. At the time it was about 3.46/L (about $1) which to me was not too bad but imagine the average joe spending 10% of their monthly salary to fill the tank once...

[dj_adamix]

Yeah, I remember years ago when I was there and gas was under $1/L here - watching the price zoom waaaay faster than the litres display. At the time it was about 3.46/L (about $1) which to me was not too bad but imagine the average joe spending 10% of their monthly salary to fill the tank once...


Yeah lol, when i moved to canada i was shocked when i saw gas prices around $0.70/l here in Canada lol. Now every time i call my dad in Poland he complains about gas prices :P lol

[Freakzaz]

I fill up my car approximately every 2 weeks, around $50 each time so its around $100 a month. I get pretty bad mileage too, around 400-450km a tank probably because I do a lot of city driving

[redbond1]

wow looking at some of these posts I think I must be lucky... i'm getting around 600km per tank on average with regular gas and my snow tires... its a 07 GT auto with 25k kms. I fill up on average once a week so thats 2400kms for around $200 a month.

[Pokey]

wow looking at some of these posts I think I must be lucky... i'm getting around 600km per tank on average with regular gas and my snow tires... its a 07 GT auto with 25k kms. I fill up on average once a week so thats 2400kms for around $200 a month.

1. Fill up. Reset your trip meter. Drive drive drive. Fill up.

2. Divide the litres poured into the tank by the number of kilometres and multiply by 100.

3. Post here.

I get something similar, but I have the 2.0 stick.

[redbond1]

what does that give me? my L/100km? if so according to my last fill up i'm getting an average of 8.6l/100km and my info display says i'm averaging 8.9...

[Iceman_F1]

what does that give me? my L/100km? if so according to my last fill up i'm getting an average of 8.6l/100km and my info display says i'm averaging 8.9...

Yes, it would give you your L/100km. At this time of year, 8.6 is pretty good. At least it would be for me. It's been known that the info display will never be as accurate as doing it manually but it's a decent quick glance to see if anything might be wrong.

[shu5892001]

every week, 50 bucks

[cohenh]

I'm spending about $50 a week. When I compare it against my Wrangler ($90 week) I traded in towards my Mazda3 , it seems pretty good :D

[hit26k]

between $40 - $50 a week also.

[Rapster]

I'm doin about $45 per week for fuel in the Neon, and the wife driving the mazda does about $50 per 2 weeks (I think). So maybe $70/week on fuel for both cars.

Best thing I find is getting the Canadian Tire rewards Mastercard. If you keep $2000 on it per month you get 10c off per liter. Just put all your large bills on it and it's not hard to get to that amount. I get to look at $1.13/L as $1.03/L :), the savings add up!

[Pokey]

Now I'm almost at $200. For this year :(

Look me up on Fuelly.

[hihosilver]

I do about 1500km per month, spend about $100 to $120 on my Ford Edge.
The 3 about 1000KM spend about the same, not sure as I don't keep track on the 3

[Mitchell3]

I'm usually lucky and need gas when the price is low :winner, compared the prices that week though. still looking at 45 - 50 a week though.

[RTEnthusiast]

Thats the price you payyyyy... I fill up once a weekish, but I go to Kingston every other weekened too lol

Me too! Kingston every weekend or every other weekend... but yeah once a week.

[Pokey]

I just poured in the most $$ ever - $53.25 :( for only 44 litres.....

[aris]

I've been driving my brother truck since Saturday and today is wesnesday and I filled up today $93 lol....

And the truck had a full tank when I started driving it

[CelestSpeed3]

During a regular work month, I travel about 4000km's. You don't want to know about how much I spend on gas. I'll tell you anyway though, it averages around $600. All I have to say it thanks to Petro Canada for offering the 5cents off a liter cards and an extra 2 cents for paying with their Mastercard. I get Ultra 94 for 2 cents more than 89.

Now that I've been in school the last few months I was only about one tank every week and a half. When I'm back to work in April I'll be back up there.