Most consistent way to fill tank and monitor tire pressure?

i fill up when the last pip is blinking. i have a localstation i use, but sometimes i get caught away from home. i shut off at the first click. very consistant no matter what pump i use. not concerned with tank mileage, fill ups are so infrequent anyway. when i get a car or new tyres, i monitor them once a week and then slowly spread out the time based on how much pressure they lose. currently, my tyres hardly lose any pressure and i rarely check them.

 

Why? For more accurate calculation of mpg? Any discrepancies will cancel out over multiple tank fills. And they will be minor.

Standing there clicking in a bit more, to get it on an even dollar value? You are paying with plastic, right?

In my experience the main detriment to accurate record keeping is letting anyone else fill the tank. Invariably it's either not filled completely, or they don't record the odometer reading, and/or reset the trip meter (if that's your method). Even that you can recover from: as long you have the quantity of gas put in, you just combine it with the next fill up.

My 2 cents: pump gas 'till the auto shut-off mechanism kicks in, and you're done. Check tire pressures about once a month, more often if you've got a slow leak, or the weather's getting cooler.

 

I ignore the blinking fuel lights and only use the odometer reading. I never stop for gas until I hit 560 miles, it never holds more than 10.3 gallons. Knowing I have a 11.5 gallon tank it leaves me a bumper incase of emergency. I always use the same station and round off to the next dollar. I drive very conservatively stopping and starting slowly . I could not be more happy with my Prius!

 

It's usually 54 to 55. I know its pushing it but I'm always in town and the worst that can happen is it runs out of gas.


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That's a good rule of thumb. There's no point risking splashing gas all over yourself and the car, just to squeeze in a few extra drops.

You'll develop your own routine - every fill up can be a nuisance, but every few months is too long an interval - but one event that should initiate a check is a change in the weather. When the ambient air pressure changes, so does the relative pressure in the tires.