Recession or not, saving gas is never a bad idea. Fuel is a limited resource and our prudent actions could help it last a few thousand years more. If this doesn't sound tempting enough then the idea of saving money to buy the new iPhone would; and saving gas equals saving money.
The internet, as usual is always there to help us in our endeavors. Be it managing time or saving gas. Here are seven nice web based tools which could help you save fuel efficiently and reduce car maintenance costs.
Fuelfrog
Fuelfrog can effectively track your gas mileage and show trends about your car's fuel economy. You just need to enter the distance you traveled on your last tank, the price you paid, and the amount of fuel you added to your car. The best thing - you could even tweet this information to @fuelfrog.
CostToDrive
CostToDrive, as the name indicates, helps you to calculate your driving costs from one city to another within the US. It asks for the source and the destination cities, your car model and the year it was manufactured and gives back the estimated cost based on the gas your vehicle will consume.
MyMileMaker
MyMileMaker is a nice web app which can track the mileage and fuel consumption for the vehicles you own. It also generates charts of distance you travel and compares it with the current fuel economy. Whenever you fill up your car's tank, just enter a few details on the website and you are done.
Fuelly
Apart for letting you track your fuel consumption, share the data and see comprehensive reports on the money you've saved, Fuelly goes a step ahead and allows you to compare your data with some other user who has got a similar car. It's pretty cool.
GasBuddy
GasBuddy is a popular site which helps you find cheap gas prices in different US cities. You can discover stations which sell gas at a cheaper rate and also check the gas price maps and historical price charts.
MPGtune
MPGtune offers a lot of services but its primary function is to track your vehicle's MPG (miles per gallon or litres/100km). You can also check the top mileage of other people who've got the same vehicle and use the website to track their MPG.
GasHog
I thought I should also address the part of crowd who have already got an iPhone and don't wish to buy the new one, :). So here's GasHog for you. A nice iPhone app the does everything the aforementioned web apps are capable of doing and also works on iPod touch.
Cheers,
Abhijeet
Written on 6/12/2009 by Abhijeet Mukherjee. Abhijeet is an internet entrepreneur who loves writing about tech, productivity, blogging & making money online. Catch him at Jeet Blog and also subscribe to his weekly newsletter.
7 Excellent Web Apps To Track & Save on Gas
