By: xepe71
Viamichelin has been doing this for some years in Europe. It also lets you choose if your allow it to choose paying motorways or only freewayas (paying motorways are quite common here) loading....
View ArticleBy: Brian
Hmm, must be something wrong with some of their data collection. My 799 mile trip will cost me a whopping $0.00. loading....
View ArticleBy: Martin
Be wary: It doesn’t do tolls. It gave me a cost of ~$7 from Philadelphia to New York, when it would actually cost ~$28 after factoring in tolls. loading....
View ArticleBy: J.D.
Ha! Brian, I want whatever car you have. That’s great fuel economy. loading....
View ArticleBy: The Tim
Nice tool. My only real beef with it is that I have to select my model of car rather than allowing me to input my MPG. The way you drive has a lot to do with your fuel efficiency, and while the...
View ArticleBy: Brian Gilham
It appears to work for places outside the U.S. as long as you are starting/ending within States. For example, traveling from Toronto to New York. loading....
View ArticleBy: Kristen a.k.a. The Frugal Girl
Oh, cool! I’ll want to use that next year to calculate how much money we’ll need to spend on gas when we go to Myrtle Beach. Thanks! loading....
View ArticleBy: Michael
Looks nice, but of course a highway mile isn’t the same as an in-town mile. I’d be impressed if the software took that into account. And while it was at it, what about adding a premium onto any turns...
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By: Adam
What about the cost of the ferry from anacortes to friday harbor?! loading....
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By: PDXgirl
Oh sad, the years don’t go far enough back for my classic import-1982 Volvo Too bad, I thought I found a new way to waste time. loading....
View ArticleBy: Susy
Mr Chiot’s and I are considering taking a trip out west and this will come in handy to calculate the price. loading....
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By: Adam
Microsoft Streets and trips does a bit of a better job of this, but of course it isn’t online (that I know of) and isn’t free. I picked up a prior year copy of it at Best Buy for like $29. You can...
View ArticleBy: Caroll
I am a pencil and paper person, though I would give it a try next I travel by car. I needed to go to Spokane (WA) for a quick weekend this past summer. I figured out the gas mileage and time to travel,...
View ArticleBy: BD
I just wanted to point out that Google maps will compare the cost of driving to the cost of public transportation, for trips short enough to have a public transport option. For instance, driving from...
View ArticleBy: Dave
I’m not sure how much I’d trust their results. I plugged in the info for a trip from San Diego, CA to Cincinnati, OH (about 2400 miles) and checked the cost using our Honda Civic Hybrid. They...
View ArticleBy: leigh
it calculates assuming you will fill up when your gas tank runs empty. we always fill up at half a tank, driving through mountains and middle of nowhere on our way home. we also know where the cheaper...
View ArticleBy: Aman
I like this site as a estimate, but would not “swear” by it…i mean, like the above poster said, this site runs on some assumptions that cannot be played out in reality. A few other things that a person...
View ArticleBy: Melissa
I’m driving from Seattle to San Diego in January in my ’95 Volvo 850 wagon. The cost of gas this site gave me was $97.22 for 53.8 gallons. However, it assumes that I use regular gas, and that I will be...
View ArticleBy: Jason B
Fun stuff. I went on Fuelly.com and imported all of my spreadsheets for cars ranging from my 83 Cavalier to my 99 Tahoe and my 07 Fit! I checked the trip site for my recent trip to Outer Banks from PA....
View ArticleBy: lackadaisi
This tool did not seem to work at all for me. It said that it would take 15 gallons for one way (reasonable estimate, I guess), but only 4.9 gallons for the way back. Hmmm…. Is Cincinnati to DC all...
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