SStepheninblog.veramile.com·Jun 22 · 6 min readWhy Everyone Should Track Their MPGMost people can tell you their car payment down to the dollar. Ask them what it actually costs to drive a mile, and you get a shrug. Ask them what their car's real fuel economy is — not the window-sti00
SStepheninblog.veramile.com·Jun 22 · 4 min readMy Car Is Rated for 49 MPG. I'm Averaging 39. Here's What That Gap Actually Costs.When I bought my Civic Hybrid Touring, the window sticker said 49 mpg combined. That number is on the EPA test data, it's on every comparison site, it's the number I half-remembered when I budgeted fo00
SStepheninblog.veramile.com·Jun 18 · 4 min readProjected Annual: your whole year, built from one real tankMost drivers carry a fuzzy number in their head: “my car costs me… some amount… a year?” You know it’s a lot. You don’t know what it is. And the EPA sticker on the window doesn’t help — that’s a lab e00
SStepheninblog.veramile.com·Jun 7 · 4 min readThe MPG Number Your Car Manufacturer Doesn’t Want You to KnowThere are three MPG numbers associated with your car. The one on the sticker when you bought it. The one on your dashboard right now. And the real one. They are all different. And two of them tend to 00
SStepheninblog.veramile.com·Jun 5 · 5 min readWhat Does It Actually Cost to Own a Car in 2026Most people know what their car payment is. Some people have a rough sense of what they spend on gas. Almost nobody knows what their car actually costs them per mile. The number is higher than you thi00
