May 15th: $2.179/gal — $0.052/mile 7-11 deal
May 22nd: $4.098/gal — $0.100/mile
My cost per mile went from $0.052 to $0.100.
The MPG held steady — 42.1 then 41.1 — so the hybrid is doing its job. But that price swing is brutal when you’re actually tracking it.
Once you see your real cost per mile it’s hard to look away.
Personal best tank. 42.1 MPG, 390 miles, $20.18 total. Got lucky with a 7-Eleven rewards deal that stacked to $1.50 off per gallon so the price per gallon came out to $2.179. Still a great tank even at full price. Anyone else tracking their actual calculated MPG vs what the dash says? Mine always reads about 3 MPG high.
Just filled up last night at 7-Eleven after 390 miles. Car’s trip computer showed 45.0 MPG the whole way. Felt great. Then I logged it and did the actual math. The total spent divided by gallons divided by miles. 42.1 MPG. Real number. $0.052 per mile. Still a great tank for a hybrid in Texas heat. But your dashboard is optimistic by design. Worth knowing.
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$5,534 in revenue for the month. $2,797 in profit. 50.5% average margin.
Combo machine was the best performer at $3,404. Drink machine was the laggard at $675. still working on that one.
Happy to answer any questions about the operation.
Genuine question for people who have bought or sold used cars.
I bought a 2025 Civic Hybrid in March and started logging everything from day one. Every fill-up. Every expense. Every service. Not because I planned to sell it but because I wanted to know what it actually cost me.
Now I’m realizing that in three or four years when I do sell it I’ll have something most sellers don’t. A documented record of every gallon of gas, every oil change, what my real MPG was. All timestamped from the day I drove it off the lot.
Carfax can show a clean title and registered shop visits. It can’t show whether the owner actually took care of it between those visits.
My question is as a buyer would that kind of documented history actually move the needle for you? Would you pay more for a car where the owner could prove consistent maintenance with real data going back to day one?
Bought a 2025 Civic Hybrid in March. First thing I did when I got home was start logging every fill-up.
Not because I planned to sell it. Because I wanted to know what it actually cost me to drive.
Three months in I realized something. When I sell this car in three or four years I’ll have something no other seller has. A complete owner-documented history from mile one. Every gallon of gas. Every oil change. Every dollar spent. The exact date each service happened.
Carfax can tell a buyer my car has a clean title. It can show service records from registered shops. What it can’t show is whether I actually maintained it consistently. What my real MPG was. What my true cost per mile worked out to.
That kind of documented proof is worth real money at resale. A buyer doesn’t have to trust me. They can see the data.
Three weeks ago VeraMile had one user. Me.
I built it because I bought a new car and couldn’t find anything that showed me what it actually cost to drive. Not just gas, but everything. Every app was either a spreadsheet or a gas price finder. Nobody had built the social layer on top of the utility layer. So I built it.
Here’s what’s actually working:
Reddit with real data beats every other channel. I posted a fill-up card showing gas prices jumping 42 cents in 3 days on my Civic Hybrid. That post hit 17k views, 35 upvotes, 59 comments, and signed up users from California, Ohio, Florida, Mississippi and Texas overnight. No ads. No launch post. Just honest data that people felt in their own wallet.
Current stats: 29 users, 12 active this week, $1,099 in real gas spend tracked, 5,744 community miles. Founding 50 badge available to the first 50 active users — 21 spots left.
Still early. But it’s real and it’s working.
veramile.com — free, any car, 2 minutes to start.
Been tracking every fill-up since I drove it off the lot.
April 25 I paid $3.15 a gallon at Sam’s Club. 40.1 MPG. Cost per mile on fuel was $0.079.
May 2 at QuikTrip. $3.94 a gallon. 37.1 MPG. Cost per mile jumped to $0.106.
That’s 78 cents more per gallon in one week. My fuel cost per mile went up 34%. Doesn’t sound like much until you annualize it. At my driving rate that’s about $546 extra per year if prices stay here.
And they probably won’t stay. Watching it happen fill-up by fill-up hits different than just reading headlines about oil prices. Tracking everything with VeraMile if anyone wants to see their real numbers.
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Just wrapped up the rookie draft and I’m pretty happy where my team landed. Just need a running back and I think I would have a shot to win. Any advice?
Been tracking every fill-up on my 2025 Civic Hybrid since I drove it off the lot. Didn’t expect the most interesting data to be gas prices.
Three days ago I paid $3.15 a gallon. This week $3.58 at the same station. That’s a 42 cent jump in just 3 days. My cost per mile on fuel went from $0.079 to $0.098. Doesn’t sound like much until you annualize it. At my driving rate that’s about $130 extra per year if prices stay here. And they probably won’t be there long. Watching the cost per mile climb fill-up by fill-up hits different than just reading headlines about oil prices. Tracking with VeraMile if anyone wants to see their real numbers. veramile.com