Do you use your (trip) Odometer? (rental, vehicle, GPS, Audi)

[victimofGM]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

I can't even think of a good reason anymore.

My car has two trip meters. I use one to help track mileage when I fill my gas tank. Some people have to track miles for reimbursement from work. The second meter can be used to track miles used as part of work travel.

[rbohm]

Originally Posted by charlygal

Yes. I use it to track gas usage and consumption. It also helps me plan road trips. I "time" exit changes by distance.

Originally Posted by LesLucid

I always reset mine with each fill up. My last quarter tank seems to go really fast and I use my mileage and gauge together to best guess.....also just idly curious how many miles I get betweeen fill ups.

Originally Posted by sean1the1

Yes to measure my MPG Everytime I fill up I never actually look at the mileage.

like these and others, i use mine a well to measure fuel economy and plan when to fill up.

[silverkris]

Originally Posted by charlygal

Yes. I use it to track gas usage and consumption. It also helps me plan road trips. I "time" exit changes by distance.

Yep. So do I.

[engineman]

I use it only rarely to see how far it is to a destination. Last time it was 142 miles to my sister's house.

[JGMotorsport64]

I use A to measure gas mileage and B after each oil change.

[Rickcin]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

I can't even think of a good reason anymore.

I use them to track mileage when trying two or three different routes to the same location.

Use it on trips to record mileage each way and total mileage.

And I use it to verify my percent of oil cleanliness to know when I need an oil change.

So yes, I use it often❗️❗️

[charlygal]

Originally Posted by engineman

I use it only rarely to see how far it is to a destination. Last time it was 142 miles to my sister's house.

You could have used Google Maps for that.

[Gemdiver]

Originally Posted by Peregrine

I can't even think of a good reason anymore.

I use them to track miles between oil changes.

[M3 Mitch]

I "grew up on" motorcycles that did not have gas gauges, but did have trip odometers. So I got into the habit of resetting the trip odometer when I fill up with gas. I still do that on all my cars.


It gives a correlation of fuel burn per mile traveled, if there is something going on reducing my fuel mileage, I can see it pretty quickly. Usually this is just unusually cold weather though.

[J Baustian]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

It gives a correlation of fuel burn per mile traveled, if there is something going on reducing my fuel mileage, I can see it pretty quickly. Usually this is just unusually cold weather though.

That's my reason, too. There is a particular point on my fuel gauge where I know 10 gallons have been consumed. A glance at the trip odometer, divide by 10 and I know within 0.5 mpg what I'm getting on that tank.