I was planning a trip recently, and with gas prices, I was really concerned with how much it would cost me in gas. Cost to Drive is a very easy to use web application on top of Google Maps, and can estimate the cost of gas for your trip.
Unfortunately, the website didn’t work in Firefox, so I had to use Internet Explorer… Not happy about that, and almost didn’t continue, but it made up for it with it’s results.
*Note: This is not my trip, nor do I drive a Lotus Elise…
It not only calculates the distance, but asks for your car’s year, make and model, to get a more accurate calculation. One thing I noticed, is that at the last fill up stop, Cost To Drive only gave me 3.5 gallons of fuel, because that is all I needed to reach my destination. Of course, I would fill up there, so keep that in mind when doing your planning. Other than that, and the fact it didn’t work with Firefox, it is a handy website!
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