How much would it cost to drive to South Carolina?

Answer 1

It all depends on how many miles you are driving, how many miles per fill up your car gets, and if you plan to stop to stay over night in a hotel. Don't forget to allot for toll roads and eating along the way.

To estimate the cost, figure out how many miles your trip is (mapquest.com is great for mileage between two points)

Fill up your gas tank and reset your trip odometer to 0. Drive the car until it's seconds from being on Empty. Check your trip odometer. This is the number of miles you can go on one tank of gas without filling up, obviously. So, from there you should be able to estimate how many times you will need to fill up on the way to SC. If it's 1500 miles to SC and you get 500 miles out of one tank of gas, you would need to fill up at least 3 times.

The cost to fill up will vary by state, but estimate high at 3.50 per gallon and you'll be happy when you save and not shocked when the price of gas soars. If your car has a 10 gallon gas tank*, at 3.50/gal it would cost 35.00 to fill up. Fill up 3 times and you're at $105

*Checking the size of your tank ---- When you go to fill up after you drive the car to E, notice how many gallons your car takes, this is the size of your gas tank.

Incidentally, you can also check you mpg using the trip odometer reading. Divide the reading by the size of your car's gas tank. Anyway, the result of dividing your odometer reading by your gas tank size = the mpg your car gets.

Sounds confusing, but it really isn't :)