Small daily drives add up. A modest commute can quietly cost thousands of dollars a year in gas — this calculator turns your one-way distance and fuel economy into the weekly, monthly, and yearly total so the real number is impossible to ignore.
What drives the cost
The yearly figure is your round-trip distance, times days commuting, times 52 weeks, divided by your MPG, times the pump price. Because every factor multiplies, improving any one of them — a shorter route, a more efficient car, one work-from-home day — compounds into real savings.
This counts fuel only. The true cost of driving also includes maintenance, insurance, and depreciation, which add several times the fuel cost per mile.