Automotive Journal

Lifehacker reports on the launch of a new social media website called Fuelly. The service lets you track the car mileage on your car by entering data each time you fill up your car. A mobile version is available so you can quickly add your gallons purchased and miles driven right after you fill-up.

Sign up for Fuelly and add your car's make, model, and year to your Fuelly "garage." Fuelly will display the EPA's MPG estimates for your car (average, city, and highway). Then, each time you fill the gas tank, you record the number of gallons you've purchased and the number of miles you've driven since the last fuel-up in Fuelly (which offers an iPhone-friendly version too). Fuelly will track your MPG over time, as well as your friends' and other members, and even track which user has had the "best tank" on a per model basis. Overall the point of Fuelly is to make saving fuel more fun by connecting your stats with your friends, and at this early point in its life, it does a pretty great job.

Once a lot of people have signed up for Fuelly the service will probably have some interesting aggregate data to offer. Fuelly was launched by MetaFilter founder Matt Haughey. There's a 3-minute tour of Fuelly available on the Fuelly.com homepage.

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