I Haven't Reset My Trip Meter Since The Day I Got My License

"Denver Is Stuck In The 90s" (denver80222)
12/15/2014 at 23:42 • Filed to: None

Last Thursday I got my license, got gas and reset my trip meter. I got gas again today and forgot to reset it. Should I keep it running to mark how many miles Ive gone since I got that sacred piece of paper instead of reseting it every time I get gas to calculate gas mileage? I can still calculate gas mileage, I just have to write down where the trip meter is at every time I fill up.

^ My Actual Gauge. Photo taken a few minutes ago.

DISCUSSION (25)

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/15/2014 at 23:45

I haven't reset mine since March. Granted, it still reads 0000.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/15/2014 at 23:47

Yours be broken matey

PS- Can you believe Ive gone 148 miles since thursday?

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/15/2014 at 23:49

Since I've driven over a thousand miles in 16 hours, I can believe it. 8/10 would do it again.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
12/15/2014 at 23:51

Sounds like fun.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/15/2014 at 23:56

Oh yeah it was, I got to drive through a snow/ice storm through WV. When I stopped to get gas, the entire out side of my vehicle was encased in ice. I had to cut out my fuel door and cut the ice off of my headlights.

blacktruck18 > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:05

Every post of yours I have read since Thursday fills me with joy and nostalgia. I remember how excited I was to get my license almost 18 years ago. I didn't get a car until a few months after my birthday but it was a fox body mustang with the same speedometer. So this pic brings back even more happy memories. I know this in no way answered your question but, do you and have fun man.

XJDano > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:07

I have not found or looked for an iOS app for that. Droid had aCar, which was awesome. Pissed they don't have iOS

XJDano > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:08

Also, a big middle finger to you, so you can push that reset odometer. I don't have one. (Trip odometer)

I have all fingers

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:19

I did 4000 miles in 5 days . Get on my level!

Clown Shoe Pilot > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:28

148 over a weekend ain't nothin. I did half that on sunday just to go to cars & coffee, and it wasn't the only thing i did over the weekend.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:29

my car has a analog trip meter on the dash, but it also has a digital one on center console, I reset it and the mpg meter when i filled up my tank, so far 10.9 MPG YO!

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:30

why yes, yes I can, if you go out a couple times a day, and go 5 or 10 miles each way, that easily adds up.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:31

denver this is totally unrelated, but are you still having a meetup with doug?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
12/16/2014 at 00:34

Supposedly, I havent heard from him regarding scheduling. If I dont hear from him by thursday I think I'll shoot him an email why?

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:35

email henceforth coming

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
12/16/2014 at 00:35

I got 12mpg today, and that was with rush hour driving downtown.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:40

Sure you can keep the trip meter for how many miles YOU've put on it, but after a few thousand miles, you'll forget how many times it's flipped over. You'll still have to do the math from when you bought it. I often forget to reset my trip after filling up, but I use the main odometer to track MPG's, and only really use the trip meter for range guestimation. I've also used it to help figure out where I am when I occasionally went on an adventure on the outer reaches of the grid road system, where very few people live and lots of the roads are barely more than the grown-in cut line from when the road allowance was surveyed a hundred odd years ago. This involves a notebook, compass, and resetting the trip meter every time I turn.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee
12/16/2014 at 00:42

I would keep a logbook in my glovebox. (I should do that anyway)

PetarVN, GLI Guy, now with stupid power > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 00:42

148 miles since Thursday? Nothing I say! I put 115 miles (and A LOT of dirt) on my mom's 2.5 last weekend while she was out of town. 110 of those 115 were done in under 16 hours

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 01:03

email sent.

Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 01:03

thats better than me, 10.9 MPG YO!

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 01:19

Yeah, that's more or less what I do, but I just write the odometer reading on the receipt, and tuck it under the mirror on the back of the sunvisor. Eventually it ends up in an Excel sheet that does all the math for me.

Engineers love Excel sheets.

Meatcoma > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s
12/16/2014 at 09:08

I put 110 on every day I work. Sometimes more if I do some errands after.

MarquetteLa > XJDano
12/16/2014 at 11:31

Check out Gas Cubby. I've used it for years and I love it. Fuelly bought the app about a year ago and are planning to integrate Gas Cubby with their site, but haven't done anything yet.

Kinja'd!!!

XJDano > MarquetteLa
12/16/2014 at 11:49

Same with aCar, fuel lay bought them but haven't really done anything since. I'll check it out